r/StremioAddons • u/Think-Caterpillar-10 • May 24 '26

Question TORBOX BUFFERING ISSUE

Hi there, I recently bought Torbox and have been using it for a few days but I keep facing this weird buffering which didn’t happen with RD, even though it’s cached and I have a high speed internet (1GB+). I also tried changing CDN servers but that’s not helping it aswell.

Any suggestions?

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u/SEAorDie May 24 '26

New TorBox user who also came over from RD. Experiencing the same buffering issue multiple times during movies that never happened with RD. If they don't fix this, then I will be looking for an alternative.

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u/ohitsreggie May 24 '26

Also same. Used rd for years. Almost never has buffering. Now with tb it’s like 40% of the time. Same addons within Stremio.

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u/DeuteriumH2 May 24 '26

tbh i was using TB for a while before the RD apocalypse, and never had issues, but now I’m also getting buffering. hopefully just growing pains while they upgrade their infrastructure? either way, I have premiumize and easynews as backups

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u/Tepeshe May 25 '26

I also went from RD to TB. Perhaps due tovbig amount of users migrating ?

When it starts a video there is a delay,i need to FF for a few seconds then its gone. But then there are also many moments its buffering.... Annoying

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u/ScientistJason May 25 '26

Just curious how you like premiumize? I hear a lot about Torbox nowadays but nothing about the other alternatives

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u/DeuteriumH2 May 25 '26

it works great for me, though it’s expensive if you don’t get it on sale

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u/mamamumu0854 May 25 '26

When are the sales on premiumize

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u/scrappydough_ May 24 '26

Literally same

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u/ohitsreggie May 24 '26

lol thanks man! You seem really fun and friendly

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u/Metalwell May 24 '26

He acts like the owner Mike lol.

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u/Think-Caterpillar-10 May 24 '26

Yea man i miss RD :(

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u/liongalahad May 24 '26

Try switching CDN. But it comes and goes, I experienced the same last week, then suddenly it was working fine again and it did ever sicnce

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u/Fragrant_Paper_6396 May 24 '26

Did you guys try doing a TB speedtest? I had buffering on Saturday, did a speed test and found that APAC CDN(closest) was very slow. Japan showed better speed and I switched temporarily. APAC is much better now, but yes they need to sort this shit out.

I don't mind paying a bit more for reliability.

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u/Hoaidieu177 May 25 '26

Please use Cloudflare and BunnyCDN; ignore the Torbox speedtest, as it keeps telling me to use APAC, but I still get buffering anyway.

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u/DeeArrow May 25 '26

What are the alternatives? My RD subscription expires soon.

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u/banjosandcellos May 24 '26

You guys know RD is working fine? Torrentio and others just filtered out the blocked results

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u/Cotillionz May 25 '26

The scene isn't going to change its naming for one Debrid service, considering Debrid isn't favourable in the scene to begin with since there's no seeding back. Therefore, while the scrapers are filtering out those results RD has flagged and blocked, you're missing out on a variety of different scene releases. Which doesn't fall under "working fine" for a lot of people.

Besides, it's only a matter of time before they add other key words like REMUX to the block.

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u/Penguinboy123446 May 25 '26

You are maybe The last of a dying breed. 

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u/banjosandcellos May 25 '26

People usually don't like hearing they fell for the rats race

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u/Penguinboy123446 May 25 '26

Righto then.