I’m using 4K ATV on latest Plex pass beta. PMS also on latest beta. Noticing on home network that all HD content is being transcoded to 3mbps 720p. All settings On ATV Plex set to Maximum with no change.
Artefacts throughout playback but most noticeable at scene changes or sudden motion.
Update: after testing multiple versions of beta And public AppleTV Plex apps, I have determined that my issue lies with the latest Plex Media Server beta update. I will attempt going back to public and monitoring if the issue persists.
Of course. After double checking, I’m not running over relay. I have an active remote connection through port forwarding set up.
The playback is on the same network albeit over Wi-Fi. This has never been an issue until recently.
Right, according to that screenshot your Apple TV is doing a remote connection. I’m not good at sorting these things out but that’s definitely what’s going on.
I wonder how I would change from remote to direct?
Interestingly I found a setting (new?) in Plex media Server which limited remote stream Bitrate to 4mbps. I’ve changed this to maximum (see screen shot) and now I am getting a direct stream on most content. Interestingly they still show as remote connection. I’m running on Wi-Fi but the same network as my Plex server.
Some Plex DVR content recorded in 1080 is still transcoding as my maximum remote stream Bitrate seems to be 16mbps but the recording needs 38mbps… I would expect that for 4K so maybe a separate DVR issue in recording.
ATSC signals are in mpeg2 format: for HD broadcasts that means bitrates of 13-25 mbps. The peak might be as high as 38 mbps but that does seem a bit odd.
