Today I updated my Plex to the latest version, but after that the transcoder according to the synology is consuming 100%
I have changed the settings to Ultra Fast in the preset and even limited simultaneous conversions and no change. How can I downgrade to the previous version as this is clearly not working for me?
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.133 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - Subtitles: Found a candidate subtitle language [] for a foreign film
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.133 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - Audio Stream: 63627, Subtitle Stream: 63628
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.135 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - Scaled up video bitrate to 3739Kbps based on 1.500000x fudge factor.
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.135 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Selected protocol hls; container: mpegts
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.135 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 29517
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.135 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): Direct Play is disabled
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.136 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.136 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): selected audio stream is not the first audio stream and direct play stream selection is not enabled
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.136 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): selected subtitle cannot be converted to a compatible format, burning into video stream
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.137 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): avoiding video remux due to burned subtitle stream
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.138 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.138 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Cannot direct stream video stream due to profile or setting limitations
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.138 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - Scaled up video bitrate to 3739Kbps based on 1.500000x fudge factor.
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.140 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - MDE: Bloodshot (2020): selected media 0 / 29517
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:31.141 [0x7f574140d700] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Adding session 0x7f574c0d39f0:a58c0413c28392c4-com-plexapp-android whic
Check the type of subtitle. Hover over it -> Get Info. Look for the type.
Text -based subtitles can be streamed (SRT, ASS, SSA)
Image-based subtitles (PGS, VOBSUB, DVDRIP) must be burned because TV’s don’t handle that. (normally a bluray player would do the burning in specialized hardware)
The alternative is to pre-burn the subtitles into the video with HandBrake.
What version of the Plex app is installed on your FireStick 4K? Go to the app settings and look in the lower right corner of the screen.
Check the Plex app settings on your FireStick 4K.
Video → Burn Subtitles = Auto
Advanced → Enable New Video Player = On
For the MKV container, the Plex app on the FireStick 4K direct plays embedded PGS subtitles and external SRT subtitles.
For the MP4 container it direct plays external SRT subtitles.
I noticed E9 - Marionette is in an AVI container. I do not know if that makes a difference (I’ve no AVIs in my library).
I’m testing with:
AFTV 4K ← HDMI → LG B7 OLED ← HDMI-ARC → Denon 4300
Plex Client: 8.6.0.20351 ← current version in Amazon app store
Plex Media Server: 1.20.1.3252 on DS918+
via Tautulli: Blu-ray rip with embedded PGS subtitles