
This includes subtitles which invoke transcoding and definitely slow down slower Plex Servers.

(Try increasing the number of CPU cores available to the Virtual Guest and ensure it has 1-2GB Memory).īy nature, Plex is a streaming and transcoding service, this means lot's of CPU is needed unless you have every file pre-optimised into a format that your client can play in 'direct' mode. This may in your case be to do with it running in a virtual machine, but I'd need more information on how much CPU and memory and what type of disk you run to be able to give you a solid answer on that.

:) Fortunately getting things like this right is one of the strengths of Ubuntu.īefore I offer up some of my opinions on the matter I'd just like ensure you've considered the following.ġ - Plex can be considered sluggish, but I have only seen this when it's running on a low powered CPU.
