How can I stop Apple TV from buffering?

This is ridiculous! WTH is going on with Apple TV ? Every time we watch something it buffers… sooo annoying! We have multiple streaming platforms and this is THE ONLY ONE THAT BUFFERS!!! Has nothing to do with our modem/ internet/mesh whatever u techies have posted! It’s only Apple TV!

Just to say, I am having the same problem, and it is incredibly annoying. I thought it might be my TV or my lack of tech savvy, but I see that people with other TV and more savvy are having the same issue, which saves me from further racking my brains. Shame because the programming is good.

I use a PS5 to watch Apple TV. Within the past couple of months, same issues everyone is describing here. Constant buffering, feed on live sports cuts out...it's becoming unwatchable. I have 500 mb download speeds and zero issues with any other streaming service.

I cannot believe that Apple doesn’t monitor these APPLE Community Chat Rooms. I therefore find it very difficult to understand why they don’t respond in some way. Either to acknowledge an issue and inform all what is going on and how to fix it OR to tell us that we are all doing something wrong at our end. The silence from Apple is deafening!

Confusing! AppleTV plus first showed up on my Apple TV Streaming units Spring of 2023.

That's when my, and according to

other participants here their, buffering experiences began.

I tried Subscribing Apple TV plus

and had zero buffering with THAT

Streaming, so I cancelled the subscription to see what happened.

Buffering then, and now, is the same

problem it's been for most of 2023.

Again, I'll increase my Bandwidth to

see what happens.

Thanks again for your contribution to this, spreading, conversation

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Glad you got it figured out! Yes, we have more and more things connected to our bandwidth these days.

I'd just like to point out, that was the very fist line of my very first reply in this thread back in April. 😜

Phil0124 wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Glad you got it figured out! Yes, we have more and more things connected to our bandwidth these days.

I'd just like to point out, that was the very fist line of my very first reply in this thread back in April. 😜

I doubt that the person to whom I was replying ever read that reply. The old Usenet etiquette of lurking first, reading everything before jumping in is long gone forgotten. ;-)

Ever since the last update, we have been having issues too. Sometimes we will get almost to the end of an Apple TV + show or one we purchased, and it will suddenly look like it’s buffering and then stop and we can’t get back into it. I’ve tried restarting, unplugging, etc and sometimes it works. Today it happened and I can’t get it to work.

And, before I get suggestions about my Internet, we have the premium plan available at our provider and it is plenty fast enough. Apple TV and Apple purchased content are the only things having issues.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

I doubt that the person to whom I was replying ever read that reply. The old Usenet etiquette of lurking first, reading everything before jumping in is long gone forgotten. ;-)

Yeah, that was more between you and me than for them. Just found it kind of funny. 😜

It's good that you shared, much the same' Buffering question & remarks

which many of us have questioned with Apple Service for months.

This Forum, often, explains our

missing experience with Apple

Service & Physical Product(s).

We learn by trying, then this forum

educates us.

Product Materials and Apple Messaging are, at times, insufficient for operational faults. That's when this 'real advantage' here with experienced advice can

inform and guide us to resolution.

Three Cheers to the Contributors

who help turn our questions into

problem resolution!

on our Samsung TV, no issues with Apple TV+. Both Sony TVs have the streaming issue only with the Apple TV+ app. Exactly same network (AT&T 1Gbs).

Apple, if you’re reading these posts, check the differences in your apps between Samsung and Sony TVs.

I believe most UHD Streaming is 'surmounting the upper threshold'

of our BandWidth 'if' we fail to adjust

our Equipment and Multiple Unit(s)

Streaming Simultaneously.

That's why my ISP-NID, Apple Router, AppleTV 4K, Compliant Ethernet and HDMI ports and Cables

have been Test Confirmed by me.

I'm fortunate to be a 'Single User' so I alone use my BandWidth.

Early 1990's HomeComputers, ISP's

and WiFi were oftenI, I conducted a Drive Around with my LapTop to discover what WiFi Signals were 'open to invasion'. Printers were the

greatest number of unprotected WiFi

then. I suspect many Business, Local

Government and Residential Users

had not read their Equipment Manuals then.

Today's Senior Citizens are stuck in the Dial-Up, CableTV and DSL days

because ISP's are STILL USING 1990's TERMS such as 'MoDem, Up/Download Speed' when ISP NID,

and BandWidth are the ACTUAL

Correct Terms.

Dumbing Down such fundamental information may help SELL Service & Equipment to uninformed Customers. But ISP's lie when using those 1990's Terms to describe FibreOptic Signal and Home Connectivity.

When Service is SOLD, Customer

SUPPORT is a BIG part of that Sale!

As a streaming service Apple TV+ is rancid garbage. And yes I mean the app, even if you’re using an Apple TV, Apple TV+ is an app that runs on the operating system, it is not part of the OS but it’s good to know apples support employees are as full of s*** as their streaming service. I have a 1GBPS connection wired directly to my TV, I have 600 mbps throughput with 2ms ping speed, I can stream 4K gaming without a single hiccup. I have used multiple devices from Samsung tv to Sony tv to PS5 to an iPhone, a roku box, a windows pc. The buffering is so bad I can’t watch a show. Foundation is too terrible an adaptation to suffer through 10 prolonged buffering incidents in the first 4 minutes. Apple needs to fix their BS, this is the wealthiest company in the world and they can’t match the experience of my friends plex server on their hone broadband 2 continents over. An absolute joke.

I normally use the physical AppleTV 4K device which works fine, but I have been trying to get the AppleTV App to run. The App will not work on my TV because it is a Google version so I can't install it there.

When I download it on Windows 11 23H2, it crashes when I try to play anything. It should be noted, the version is shown as "Preview", and a warning states it may not run as expected. The faulting module is shown as combase.dll in the Event Viewer.

Since most of the App users are probably using one on their TVs, possibly the same thing is going on with them.

I was able to play a movie I had purchased with iTunes, and it ran fine, although it wasn't the full 4K version.

This is just follow-on information which may help verify the situation.

I have this same issue continually. I’m about ready to unsubscribe to Apple TV. I’ve tested my internet many times and I have 13ms ping and 280M download rate. If I hit play it will stop buffering but the resolution is awful and it keeps stopping. Only program that does this out of prime, crave, Netflix, Disney, etc…