# Another question about Plex Transcoding Everything **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [May 4, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971 "2017-05-04T20:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonathanrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jonathanrn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jonathanrn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/1 "2017-05-04T20:09:17Z")
I have a Plex Server running on a Windows 10 x64 Machine (i3) and a Nvidia Shield as the client. I’ve noticed pretty poor performance when skipping through Recordings especially, but movies as well. I started looking through logs and it showed that I was transcoding everything, which would explain what I’m experiencing. I also noticed that when I try and play .mpg (MPEG2 recordings with my TV tuner), I wouldn’t get video unless I played them through VLC. So I’m missing the MPEG2 decorder, right? I tried to get the MPEG 2 Video Extension in the app store but that didn’t do anything. I eventually got FFD show and directed it to decode MPEG 2 videos only. Now they work in Windows, but i’m still getting the same behavior in Plex. The logs show Direct Play is disabled. I tried forcing Direct Play on the Shield, but every time I skipped, it went back to the beginning of the video. I’m stuck. Help please! Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![jmckee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jmckee/32/8332_2.png) [@jmckee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jmckee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/2 "2017-05-04T20:36:29Z")
The shield should actually have one of the broader video support ranges. The best way to see what is happening is to look at your Plex Media Server.log and look for the MDE: lines before video playback. They will state exactly why the shield thinks it needs to transcode. This support article explains how to find your Plex Media Server logs: [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files) ---
**Author:** ![buba013](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/buba013/32/8485_2.png) [@buba013](https://forums.plex.tv/u/buba013)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/3 "2017-05-04T22:40:39Z")
I have had this happen before after an update. Go to plex setting on the Nvidia shield and turn direct play to auto. turn local quality to original quality. see if that fixes it. ---
**Author:** ![jonathanrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jonathanrn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jonathanrn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/4 "2017-05-06T14:14:16Z")
\*\*jmckee: \*\*This is what the log says … May 04, 2017 11:56:34.117 [8148] DEBUG - Codecs: testing mp3\_mf (encoder) May 04, 2017 11:56:34.117 [8148] DEBUG - Codecs: testing aac\_mf (encoder) May 04, 2017 11:56:34.118 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: received PLEX\_PROTOCOL\_ANY from client, selected protocol hls May 04, 2017 11:56:34.118 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 6864 May 04, 2017 11:56:34.118 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: E12 - Mercy: Direct Play is disabled May 04, 2017 11:56:34.119 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: E12 - Mercy: media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol May 04, 2017 11:56:34.119 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: E12 - Mercy: no direct play video profile exists for http/mpegts/mpeg2video May 04, 2017 11:56:34.119 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: E12 - Mercy: no direct play video profile exists for http/mpegts/mpeg2video/ac3 May 04, 2017 11:56:34.119 [8148] DEBUG - MDE: E12 - Mercy: no direct play video profile exists for http/mpegts/mpeg2video/ac3 May 04, 2017 11:56:34.120 [8148] DEBUG - Codecs: testing mp3\_mf (encoder) May 04, 2017 11:56:34.120 [8148] DEBUG - Codecs: testing aac\_mf (encoder) So it looks like mpeg2 video with ac3 audio can’t Direct Play. **buba013:** I checked and those are my settings on the Shield. ---
**Author:** ![jmckee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jmckee/32/8332_2.png) [@jmckee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jmckee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/5 "2017-05-07T02:46:57Z")
I was informed that mpegts files will not direct play because of the container. This was a change made because with the direct playing ts container seeking caused issues. So to give users the ability to seek through a file direct play was turned off for the ts files. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/another-question-about-plex-transcoding-everything/190971/6 "2020-01-07T23:12:59Z")