# Any update after 1 year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** fire-tv-vega\ **Created:** [October 2, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845 "2026-10-02T21:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrantD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GrantD](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GrantD)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/1 "2026-10-02T21:35:57Z")
Nearly a year since this post: [Plex on Vega OS devices (Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-vega-os-devices-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-select/932354) Any update? I also found that the h264 10-bit doesn’t work and needs to be 8-bit. The Vega OS client doesn’t even give me enough options to force the transcode and not drop to 320p and instead tries to play it direct and stutters constantly. ---
**Author:** ![nx6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nx6/32/103992_2.png) [@nx6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nx6)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/2 "2026-10-03T00:32:12Z")
> [@GrantD](#): > > I also found that the h264 10-bit doesn’t work and needs to be 8-bit. The only Fire Sticks that support 10-bit h.264 are the (FireOS) Fire Stick 4K and 4K Max. ---
**Author:** ![GrantD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GrantD](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GrantD)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/3 "2026-10-03T00:49:50Z")
Yes, it is very disappointing, especially as a Plex Pass user, that after a year, Plex still doesn’t support all the codes and features of the device: [https://developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-media-player.html?v=ftvstickhd\_2026#](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/device-specs/device-specifications-fire-tv-streaming-media-player.html?v=ftvstickhd_2026#) ---
**Author:** ![nx6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nx6/32/103992_2.png) [@nx6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nx6)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/4 "2026-10-03T01:09:18Z")
> [@GrantD](#): > > Plex still doesn’t support all the codes and features of the device Your device does not support Hi10P in hardware. Fire Stick 4K Max: ![4KMax](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/5/c/55c13e8e66a2c8802b0cf2f18a480fd12fd03564.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GrantD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GrantD](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GrantD)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/5 "2026-10-03T01:33:52Z")
That is the specs for the older Fire OS, not Vega OS device, but yes, it doesn’t list 10-bit for either Vega OS device available, but I re-encoded from H.265 to H.264 due to this (see link in original post asking for update from Plex): Direct playback of personal media content is limited to H.264 with AAC audio and a bitrate of 7Mbps. I originally reencoded with this not realizing that it would default to 10-bit (due to the H.265 being 10-bit): ffmpeg -i “INPUT\_FILE” -map 0:v -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -maxrate 4M -bufsize 4M -preset fast -map 0:a? -c:a aac -map 0:s? -c:s copy -map 0:t? -c:t copy “OUTPUT\_FILE” Now I am using: ffmpeg -i “INPUT\_FILE” -map 0:v -vf “scale=1280:720,format=yuv420p” -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -maxrate 4M -bufsize 4M -preset fast -map 0:a? -c:a aac -map 0:s? -c:s copy -map 0:t? -c:t copy “OUTPUT\_FILE” But if the H.265 would just work, then it wouldn’t be an issue: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/a/d/dadc1ea45ee9ddb2a00432ef6ba7aab841baa459.png) So back to my original question, is there any update on the status of supporting the full functionality of the newer Fire TV Sticks with Vega OS? ---
**Author:** ![nx6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nx6/32/103992_2.png) [@nx6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nx6)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/6 "2026-10-03T01:53:50Z")
> [@GrantD](#): > > That is the specs for the older Fire OS, not Vega OS device They are the specs of the [current Fire Stick 4K Max](https://www.amazon.com/all-new-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-max/dp/B0BP9SNVH9). There is no device named “Fire Stick 4K Max” that runs VegaOS. I posted the specs to illustrate the support for Hi10P listed for the device. > [@GrantD](#): > > So back to my original question, is there any update on the status of supporting the full functionality of the newer Fire TV Sticks with Vega OS? I actually am suspecting the abilities of the device are being paygated by Amazon when it comes to 4K/HDR. ---
**Author:** ![MovieFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/7 "2026-10-03T09:47:29Z")
Op has the 4k Select. That does support 10-bit hevc, but not 10-bit h264. Amazon use to limit what Plex is allowed to support. I don’t know if this policy changed. I don’t think it has since the original release had significant limitations. Plex is stuck until Amazon allows them to change. ---
**Author:** ![nx6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nx6/32/103992_2.png) [@nx6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nx6)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/any-update-after-1-year/943845/8 "2026-10-03T10:40:53Z")
> [@MovieFan](#): > > Amazon use to limit what Plex is allowed to support. Yeah, that’s what I figured. The VegaOS devices started coming out and they supposedly supported the full quality on commercial streaming services (so, at least 25 Mbps of HEVC, 4K res, HDR, EAC3 audio…) yet when the Plex app shows up for it it’s limited to pauper bitrates of 1080p and only AAC audio. I thought it was one of those “you have to join this special partner$hip program to access the device’s full capabilities”. But maybe it’s something more insidious: Amazon hamstringing anything that’s not a big commercial service. Jellyfin’s devs said they were investigating getting their own app for VegaOS developed some time ago, and have said nothing since. I bet they are hitting the same issue.