BUG - Something wrong with codecs on Plex player and Plex HTPC for Windows (4k hevc)

[Mitzsch]

Okay, after examination of your log. I found this:

  Seekable: true
  Partially seekable: false
  Paused for cache: false
  Buffering state: 100
  Frame drop count: 96
  Time: 200.49 / 3109.66 (6.45%)

You are dropping a lot of frames… There is something very wrong. However, there are some things you should try.

1. change the power mode of your gpu to “maximum” =>
   

   

2. create/modify the mpv.conf file and add
   vo=gpu-next

… and try again.

3. Use a never mpv.dll =>

HTPC Tips and Tricks

Some users may want to replace the MPV library used with one of their own. One reason could be to experiment with new features available in MPV itself. Doing this is as simple as replacing the library in the install with desired version. On each platform, it appears that MPV builds ship without the shared library but Windows has a separate archive containing the library. So on other platforms you will need to build the library yourself and then follow instructions similar to these for Window…

4. Change Video playback quality from normal to low in the Plex HTPC settings. Low does not mean bad - it is more of untouched MPV quality (which is already very good)