Takes 5 seconds to start playback

I’m currently using an Emby media server and regardless of what video to play, it takes almost 5 seconds for playback to start.

If I open the Emby app on macOS and play the same video, it starts immediately.

Is there anything I can do to fix this? It happens across all platforms (macOS, tvOS and iOS) but I predominantly use it on the Mac. I don’t use library mode.

Thanks

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Does this happen with all files or just a few?

You can try running a speed test in Infuse on various devices to see if there is a difference in the connection speeds to the Emby server. This may provide a clue as to why one device is faster than another.

hi @james it happens on all devices. Speed tests are good. Averaging over 300Mbps. It only happens on infuse though. If I open the Emby app, video playback starts immediately.

You still may want to provide a screen cap of both the results and the graph. That could help figure out what’s going on.

Also it’s best to run the complete test and not stop it before it finishes. That can show some anomalies also

@NC_Bullseye @james here’s the screenshot. Seems normal to me. Even if the file is small, such as this one of just over 2GB, the spinning loading wheel appears for a few seconds. It’s just strange that in the Emby app it doesn’t, which rules out possible network or NAS issues.