I am running . 1 year, decently powered Intel NUC for my server with USB 3 hard drives connected for content.
My clients are a 4th Gen Apple TV and and a recent model Sony Androud TV.
BOTH Clients are connected via ethernet to the same router the NUC is connected to.
Sometimes selecting a movie or TV show is close to instant. Sometimes it takes MINUTES after selecting a movie just to get to the screen to be able to press play.
How on earth can this sort of performance be possible? I have selected the movie, I would expect to instantly go to the next screen even on a poor network setup.
Really boggles the mind hour it can be so inconsistent, when the NUC is purely serving Plex Media Server and nothing else.