2024-02-05, 01:14 PM
Recently, within the last couple of weeks, I have been having the issue of videos freezing up at different intervals and the media taking at least 30 seconds or more to begin. I’ve also experienced where I paused a file and within one minute of resuming to watch, it would freeze and if I stopped it and then resumed, it would be fine until the next pause when it repeats. And just last night, I got a file to play, but then couldn’t pause it. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot the problem, but have yet to solve it. I have the Jellyfin server installed on a Windows 10 PC, the Jellyfin TV app installed on a Chromecast with Google TV, and my media on an external SSD drive. Here is what I have done so far. I tried running the file from a different drive including a nearly new one. I’ve tried different files (some I know have played perfectly in the past, but are now getting the freeze up). I have tried changing settings within the Dashboard of the server and also the settings on the TV app, but I really don’t know what I am doing there. I have updated to the latest server and uninstalled and reinstalled the TV app. All to no avail. The only things I can think that it could be is the Chromecast which is a couple of years old, something wrong with the server or app (either a corruption or an incorrect setting), or maybe my Wifi. Any suggestions on how I might fix this would be greatly appreciated.