[BUG] Plex on Shield 2019 Pro transcodes video ONLY when starting video from post-play

Plex Players Streaming Devices
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Server Version#: 1.20.0.3133
Player Version#: 8.3.1.19108

This is a weird bug that I only just started noticing. Normally the Shield app direct plays 99% of the stuff I throw at it, but today I noticed (via Tautulli) that an TV episode was transcoding for no apparent reason. Quality is always set to Original. Tautulli was reporting the video stream transcoding (HW) 1080p > 1080p, the audio direct streaming, (AC3) and the SRT subtitles burning. I stopped the video and re-started it, and boom–Direct Play. I had no idea why it did that, but I figured it was a glitch. After the episode ended, I got the post-play screen with the 10 second countdown. I pressed OK to start the next episode, and that is when I noticed the transcoding again!

Something is causing the Plex app to transcode the video for no reason at all, but ONLY when starting the video from the post-play screen. Would posting logs help or is this enough info to go by to perhaps reproduce the issue. Anyone else see this?

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Attached is Shield 2019 log (starting right after the post-play screen). Looks like it is falling back to transcoding after a couple player errors. I can also upload the log from a normal start that shows the Direct Play. Let me know if this is enough. Thanks!

AndroidTV_ERROR_Log.log (82.7 KB)

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