I'm pretty much a newb when it comes to *.nix systems and plex, so please pardon my ignorance.
There's a certain set of MKV files the client starts playing, then freezes after a 10-30 seconds, then plays, then freezes and sometimes crashes. It seems to happen more often with larger files(greater than 15GB), but it also happens from time to time with smaller files. It happens with all clients(web wireless, web wired, Amazon Firetv Gen 2 wired, Vizio P65 wired). I'm pretty sure my rig and network are more than sufficient to play these files. I did notice that Freenas dashboard shows the CPU jumps to 125% when trying to play those files. I've tried Transcoder Default throttle value buffers as high as 120 and that made no difference.
All my clients can direct play all my files, I don't need a transcoder. The same files play fine over the network(both Wifi and wired) if I play them directly from the SMB share via VLC on my PC. I just need a GUI media library.
Plex was installed using the GUI in an iocage jail.
I think I set up permissions correctly. Freenas has user csh84285 that is set to read/write/execute. The owner of the MKV files, jail, and Transcoder temporary directory is csh84285. My Plex login user is csh84285.
System specs
Intel Pentrium dual core G630 2.7Ghz 3Mb cache
16GB GDDR3 RAM
WD red HDs
FreeNAS-11.2-RELEASE-U1 installed to an SSD
I have all the logs from the "Download Logs" in Plex and can upload them, but there are hundres of them. I can upload them if somebody can tell me which ones to upload.
Thanks for any help!
There's a certain set of MKV files the client starts playing, then freezes after a 10-30 seconds, then plays, then freezes and sometimes crashes. It seems to happen more often with larger files(greater than 15GB), but it also happens from time to time with smaller files. It happens with all clients(web wireless, web wired, Amazon Firetv Gen 2 wired, Vizio P65 wired). I'm pretty sure my rig and network are more than sufficient to play these files. I did notice that Freenas dashboard shows the CPU jumps to 125% when trying to play those files. I've tried Transcoder Default throttle value buffers as high as 120 and that made no difference.
All my clients can direct play all my files, I don't need a transcoder. The same files play fine over the network(both Wifi and wired) if I play them directly from the SMB share via VLC on my PC. I just need a GUI media library.
Plex was installed using the GUI in an iocage jail.
I think I set up permissions correctly. Freenas has user csh84285 that is set to read/write/execute. The owner of the MKV files, jail, and Transcoder temporary directory is csh84285. My Plex login user is csh84285.
System specs
Intel Pentrium dual core G630 2.7Ghz 3Mb cache
16GB GDDR3 RAM
WD red HDs
FreeNAS-11.2-RELEASE-U1 installed to an SSD
I have all the logs from the "Download Logs" in Plex and can upload them, but there are hundres of them. I can upload them if somebody can tell me which ones to upload.
Thanks for any help!