3 Different Looks - 3 Different Plex Apps

[TeknoJunky]

You may or may not find this thread informative :

[INFO] Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k

NOTE: for 2022 – Plex has come a long way since this FAQ was originally written, HW transcoding has become more available and more stable, and tone mapping was recently added to address the hdr/sdr color conversion issues. The first 4 ‘rules’ generally are no longer as important as they once were, but may still be a good thing to bear in mind. Dolby Vision, is an entirely other mess. THIS thread/FAQ is NOT about DV. DV work is still in progress, and there are no perfect TV’s or external devic…

[FordGuy61]

Regarding PMP & HDR, see below thread. It would seemingly apply to Plex for Mac/Win as well, as it and PMP are both based on mpv.

Checking Windows HDR support in Plex player

PMP absolutely does not passthrough HDR10 metadata to the OS and then in turn passthrough to a HDR capable display. PMP will tonemap HDR10 content to SDR. Windows 10 will send that out as a HDR10 signal to the display hence AVR/displays reporting a HDR signal. Again, there is no support for HDR10 passthrough from any version of PMP on any OS platform.

Here’s some info on configuring PMP with a mpv.conf file:

PLEXs MPV and HDR

Plex for Mac/Win is also based on mpv. However, it cannot be configured with a mpv.conf file:

Does the new Plex app also allow mpv.conf?

Does the new Plex app also allow mpv.conf? Are there directions on how to do this?

[JuiceWSA]

Where were you when I was using words like:
Guts
Crap
and
Crap Browser?

[FordGuy61]

You’re right about Plex Web, at least on Windows. No HEVC support, much less HDR, so transcodes have that lovely washed out look.

It seems as if Safari supports HEVC. No idea if that means Plex Web on Safari direct plays HEVC.
I cannot test, as my MacBook is too old.
https://caniuse.com/#feat=hevc

[JuiceWSA]

When I’m on Safari - I expect to see a dam Elephant to take a picture of and bag at least two poachers (leg wounds - no more sneakin’ around in the Elephant patch).

I won’t be watching TV - until the Bagged Poacher Report on the Evening News.

I’ll take your word for any other non-PC activity.