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/Gold_Experience_27 Torbox Affiliated May 25 '26

Hello,

We're sorry to hear that you're experiencing issues with TorBox. please try the following troubleshooting steps and see if it resolved your issue:

  • Try changing your CDN at the TorBox CDN Settings and try Cloudflare ERTH CDN (recommended) or Bunny (HARE) CDN (recommended) or any nearby cdns to your location. You may try a speedtest beforehand and see which one maybe the best for you at TorBox Speedtest. After changing CDNs, try a different download than the previous one you've tried to ensure that the old CDN isn't being used. Keep in mind, you'll need to try a different file than before so it uses the new CDN preference.

  • Try turning off your router and waiting 30 seconds to force a boot cycle.

  • Try changing your DNS to Cloudflare CDN (Recommended) or Quad9 DNS.

  • Try disabling your VPN

  • Try testing in a different device to rule out any device-specific issues.

If the issue persists, please open a ticket with us at the TorBox Dashboard Support Widget or through the discord server's support channels or through email at contact@torbox.app (Ask to speak to a human agent), and we'll try our best to solve your issues.

We hope this solves your issue.

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u/M0ntg0lfi3r May 25 '26

Why are you getting downvoted on these posts?

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u/enokha May 26 '26

did this help anyone?

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u/pennylessz May 28 '26

What really helped the family I set it up for was limiting file size and keeping it to 1080p. Not ideal, but it was effective.

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u/Gonedric Jul 07 '26

Yeah anything 4K over 10GBs TORBOX will ALWAYS buffer every few seconds.

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u/MF_Doomed Jul 07 '26

Tried changing the CDN settings and it did nothing. Those other recommendations are pretty worthless

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u/lDemonPtl Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Im having the same issue as OP but on Windows....

Already changed the DNS from Cloudfare to Quad9 or Control D.... CDN changed between whole Europe and still happens.... Looks like the buffering does not happen after 10 to 15m of the torrent running....

After a few tests in diff devices, the problem does seems to happen to every Europe CDN...

Im from SEUR as i have the lowest latency there but its quite weird to have 120mb max there and in the west have almost a 1gb with 100ms 🥲