I keep seeing profile has been Augmented , is it no longer possible to force a custom profile.
Thanks
I keep seeing profile has been Augmented , is it no longer possible to force a custom profile.
Thanks
Increasingly the client is responsible for identifying its capabilities and reporting them, instead of the server guessing based on profiles.
What are you trying to accomplish?
I was going to attempt to transcode subs rather than burn in.
What format are the subs, and what player device?
That’s a good example of something you probably can’t change with a profile.
Srt subs, webos LG TV.
Plex decides to burn in which kills my hardware transcoding .
Emby plays them fine and hardware transcoding is fast.
So idk
Most things can direct play SRT subs; I would be surprised if the LG app can’t. I don’t think a profile change would help you here.
@FordGuy61 @TeknoJunky what’s the deal with “sometimes audio transcoding forces video transcoding to maintain sync” when subtitles are involved - could that be relevant here?
@outbreakprime during playback, is the audio transcoding too?
So a little more backstory.
The app can direct play it fine, I’m testing for my users who have LG TVs and would need to transcode down to 8mbps,
From my understanding the audio will get transcoded as well due to bandwidth,
What I don’t get is why the subtitles have to be burned in, it looks as though it’s not necessary.as emby can pull it off.
You’re running into the limitations of the Plex LG app (Samsung behaves similarly).
I have an LG B7 OLED. The limitations are one of the reasons I purchased a Nvidia Shield for myself and give Amazon FireSticks to my family/friends as birthday/Christmas gifts. The Plex Android TV app direct plays PGS, VOBSUB, and SRT subtitles even if the video or audio is transcoding (reference). ASS subtitles still result in a video transcode and subtitle burn, but I’m not aware of any Plex client that handles ASS subtitles well.
Here is how the Plex LG app handles subtitles:
PGS & VOBSUB Subtitles (image based)
Enabling these forces a video transcode to burn the subtitles into the video stream. I do not know if this is a limitation on the Plex or LG side of things.
SRT Subtitles (text)
If the media is direct playing, SRT subtitles direct play.
If video or audio is transcoding and SRT subtitles are enabled, Plex Media Server will burn in the subtitles. This is done to keep the subtitles in sync with the video and audio stream. This is due to a limitation in the streaming protocol used between the server and the LG TV. (*)
ASS Subtitles
If Burn Subtitles = Automatic in the Plex app, Plex treats ASS subtitles like image based subtitles.
Enabling them results in a video transcode and the subtitles burning into the video stream.
If Burn Subtitles = Image Only, Plex treats ASS subtitles like text subtitles. If the media is direct playing, Plex will direct play the subtitles. However, any formatting information, such as location, color, etc, is ignored.
(*) A Plex employee mentioned the streaming protocol limitation on a post quite some time ago (over a year). Unfortunately, I can no longer find that post (I lost my bookmark for it).
Thanks for that information, yea that’s quite clear as to what’s going on.
It’s just frustrating as moving users over to a new device would be painful, I know many will want to use their TV .
What I can’t really get my head around is how emby doesn’t have this issue on my b7
Thank you sir! I knew the @ summon would work.
Found it.
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