If plex was unhappy with the lifetime passes, they would not sell it anymore. (I would guess)
Jellyfin is a fork of emby because they were unhappy with the model, so I doubt they morph back into emby 
Anyhow, we are super off topic.
Plex pls fix default transcoding, thank you!
As @Orko mentioned, Jellyfin was born because they’re against the model that Emby transitioned to. The project was founded by people who are very passionate about FLOSS.
However, you can still pay for the software that you love! A lot of us pay for software that is completely free and open source. That is what GitHub Sponsors, Patreon, and other monetization platforms are for.
Anyways, let’s get back on topic.
This, please and thank you!
We have a good solution in mind, which we’re in the process of prototyping on one client at the moment, but it required a good bit of foundational work and change in how we handle data in our player. With the foundational work now complete, we can keep progressing with things. I know it’s not the most exciting update, but any major change to our player like this one goes through a lot of time in PR review, plus internal testing before we roll it out to users. So we haven’t forgotten, and are still progressing, but taking our time to make sure we get it right 
I think most of the anxiety here is that we still don’t know what the solution is, and if it will adequately address the issues we’re all having.
I understand that Plex doesn’t usually discuss unreleased stuff, but that’s my take on it.
I won’t go into exact specifics, because things are still in flux (and no one wants to give away all their secrets), but we’re working towards something that will ensure each client can play to their best of their ability, rather than setting a hardcoded limit. Depending on the client and their connection, some may still have to transcode, there is no getting around that, but this should greatly improve the experience for users, and also simplify some settings too
That sounds great, but leaving it up to server owners makes more sense imo. I know all of my clients hardware capabilities better than they do. Many transcode for no reason what so ever, and I’d like to stop that from happening on a server level.
We considered that, but this solution will be much more robust and less open to misconfiguration. 
It is the most exciting update in months
With the recent solutions plex came up with (home screen comes to mind) I am more worried about plex misconfiguring stuff than I am worried that I misconfigure stuff.
If you guys are unclear internally, more options are better than less options 
Anyhow, thanks for the update, really looking forward to the solution and to the discussion afterwards 
I dont think it matters what Plex do, there’ll still be moaning 
Why do you think that’s the case?
Moaning? You’re right…how dare we be unhappy about a service we pay for not fixing serious issues. I like your attitude.
Did y’all take away the “Fix Match” feature?
Oh God… please for the love of God… I haven’t checked myself, but surely this is a mistake?
I hope its just another bug, idk why they would remove it.
Fix match is still there and works just fine. We’ve actually just improved it! But if you’re having issues with something, please open a new topic.
I’m saying it doesnt matter which way plex decide to implement it, they wont be able to please everyone 
Are you kidding? That is simply not true. It is very possible to implement this in a way to where transcoding only happens when it is absolutely necessary. What in the world makes you think they can’t do this properly in a way where everyone wins?
Unless you’re trying to take a crack at them? I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not.
Feel free to elaborate because I fail to see your logic. Believe it or not, Software Engineering isn’t sorcery nor rocket science. 
I feel very Rocket Sciency - when I’m required to get my Plex Server back to Earth with a Roll of Duct Tape and a Pencil (I don’t have any $10K 0-G Ink Pens Plex uses to dream some of this stuff up with, but I do have a pencil).
Wow, this is just my opinion, no need to fly off the handle.
I’m not sure how anything I said offended you personally but let’s leave this here and wait and see what Plex come up with
I was picking your brain to see why you made the statement that you did in an attempt to understand your logic. 
