Hello all,
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I do not know where else to do so. I have posted in the Plex forums but did not get many responses. If this is not the correct place to post, please let me know where to do so.
I recently used some extra parts to build a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine in order to learn how to operate it and to run a Plex Media Server on. I have noticed the system hasn't been handling Plex very well and has a tendency to lag here and there on low quality videos. When I try to play 720p or 1080p it buffers every 5-10 seconds. It plays much better when it is set to "Force Direct Play" but even then sometimes I get some lagging. "Force Direct Play" does not work when I want to play Anime videos with subtitles though. Those need to be transcoded on the server to get the subtitles to work, most of these are MKV files.
The server is streaming to two Logitech Revue Google TVs, but only one at a time. I was wondering if anyone could make another software recommendation that is similar to Plex that may work well with Google TV or could give me some hardware recommendations if they do not feel my system is beefy enough.
Attached is the DxDiag of the server. Thanks for any help!
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I do not know where else to do so. I have posted in the Plex forums but did not get many responses. If this is not the correct place to post, please let me know where to do so.
I recently used some extra parts to build a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine in order to learn how to operate it and to run a Plex Media Server on. I have noticed the system hasn't been handling Plex very well and has a tendency to lag here and there on low quality videos. When I try to play 720p or 1080p it buffers every 5-10 seconds. It plays much better when it is set to "Force Direct Play" but even then sometimes I get some lagging. "Force Direct Play" does not work when I want to play Anime videos with subtitles though. Those need to be transcoded on the server to get the subtitles to work, most of these are MKV files.
The server is streaming to two Logitech Revue Google TVs, but only one at a time. I was wondering if anyone could make another software recommendation that is similar to Plex that may work well with Google TV or could give me some hardware recommendations if they do not feel my system is beefy enough.
Attached is the DxDiag of the server. Thanks for any help!