Performance on docker server container vs normal desktop app

[r0hin]

I have noticed that streaming via server-docker (particularly 4k) results in much reduced performance and frequent buffering as compared to the Stremio desktop app running on the same computer.

Is there a reason or solution for this behavior?

[fredericrous]

unless it changed in the recent years, by default docker images do not use the gpu. so yeah this is normal you don't get 4k. It's because decoding is done on cpu. https://docs.docker.com/compose/gpu-support/

[IceWreck]

Does the client cache streams from the stremio server or play them real time ? Because my client and server are located in different geographical areas and I sometimes get buffering even when it says the stream has been 100% downloaded on the stremio server.