Well, for many, Maximum would mean they would need to then adjust down, and someone would need to walk them through that. You’re also rather fortunate that you can get 5Gbps up, the maximum you can get in my country as a consumer is 50Mbps, anything higher than that requires business/enterprise plans. As for the quality differences between a modern QS transcode and a software one, they may exist, but are extremely negligible, and rarely discernible during normal watching. I’m aware of what the power consumption is like on a CPU like that is, but there are also lower power options that are similarly capable in hardware, so it depends on if you’d rather a beefy CPU like that, or a lower power option 
I guess just disable video stream transcoding so the file wont play for them until they setup their client correctly.
Yeah I’m sorry you can’t get more then that. Scandinavian is a great place when it comes to internet speed. But I know it’s not it’s not something you notice when you watching when doing qs transcode but still I just want the best for my shared users that’s really all sir. And I know we can’t just put the default on maximum that would cause another problem but something has to happen. And you know that and that’s important
Yeah I’m just gonna tell my grandma that’s 72yo you cant watch anything before you changes this sittings. That’s the way to go
Yeah, and we’re actively working on solving that issue to maximise the quality for users, and minimise the transcoding for server owners. And by actively working, I mean I need to go check the progress and test some stuff today 
They gotta change them anyways… and you have to explain how.
I’ve mentioned this before, but since we don’t know what you guys are working on, it’s difficult to accept that what ends up being the solution will actually provide what we (the server owners) want. Myself, and I’m sure others on this thread, have been burned in the past by Plex with things like this, so you have to understand that all the secrecy and brushing off of our concerns isn’t really helping things.
I’m not buying that it wouldn’t have been feasible to implement a simpler solution while you guys worked out your grand flexible solution to all of this. Something that was requested from the beginning of this thread (and honestly in other threads that were closed before this one going back 4-5 years) was to allow the server to set the default for a client connecting to it. While I’m sure it’s not a snap of the fingers solution, I don’t think that it would be so difficult that it wasn’t even worth throwing us server admins a bone (at least I really hope it wouldn’t be that difficult that there was no time to do it over the past 4-5 years).
All we want is for the power to be in the server admin’s control. You could even keep the default at 720mbps. We know our servers and our users better than you. Just give us the option to change that if it suits us better. I can only speak for myself, but if I ever had a user that couldn’t handle maximum, I’d be more than happy to coach them on how to change the setting.
I have a pretty strong server. Unfortunately it’s also my main dev machine, and when I have several family members using Rokus that should be able to direct play, but instead are transcoding for no reason, it makes my machine unusable.
That’s awesome to hear. I hope it succeeds and we are going to see this magic feature asap. Because it’s greatly needed
That’s what I have been trying to say for hours now. But glad you could word it alittle different
Transcoding really does slam the server bad especially using Xeon w/out Intel Quick Sync which is what most Intel branded servers are.
EDIT: Clarification.
I understand how a business works. I understand the direction Plex is headed, and that users are much more important to the upcoming business model than server admins are. I understand that server admins are likely to get shafted (from our perspective) in the short to medium term with all of these changes.
I’m still rooting for Plex despite all of that. I’m truly happy for you guys.
I know that the folks making/driving these decisions probably will never see this thread, but please try to remember that we are the original investors in Plex by paying for PlexPass, filing bugs and feature requests, and evangelizing (I don’t actually know what the state of your fundraising was early on, so take this with a grain of salt).
My point is, remember us when you’re famous, and remember that sometimes we know what’s best for us and our users better than you do 
I don’t think you can really say what “most servers are”. What basis do you have for that statement?
How did I know you were going to say this? Most “Intel branded servers” I’ll make the change.
@DaveBinM - Please consider the following mentioned earlier in the thread above, I feel it could provide a good basis mechanism here that would be flexible for all:
If you already are close to finishing what will address this in some other way, well then, excellent. I am very much looking forward to it, thank you!
I personally use an Intel NUC, and know many other folks who do, which are simply consumer-level devices, and have QuickSync available. Most Plex users are not using Xeons or enterprise-grade hardware
That would be quite a bit more complex than what we’re currently working on, and not quite as dynamic as what we’re prototyping at the moment. Plus, we’re not likely to throw away our existing work 
What really could be nice was is to know how far they are and if they could give an estimate on how close they are on this. Because I don’t think the peeps typing atm is the only persons who is waiting and is frustrated some will get on later and read all this and just sit and think when is all this happening
How may I be of assistance ? ( I was paged )
Seems some emotions are running high ?
Yeah some body tagged the majority and I felt bad for not including the best tech support on the forum
To save me reading the bazillion posts in here,
What’s the issue ? ( Cliffs Notes form please )
… and why the HECK is this 2 year old thread still open? Necro ?
