Posting here since this is an “issue” that regards all the players. (I tested on mobile android app and plex for windows but I guess it’s the same everywhere). Frankly I don’t understand why in 2022 some people would like to have quality streaming castrated, but more than that, I don’t understand w…

There is an existing feature request. Add your vote /comments if you so desire. [image] Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming Feature Suggestions My server keeps getting bogged down transcoding for no reason because clients have a low default setting for internet…

wow, 3 years for something that is obviously broken and the team did nothing. Now it’s worse than I imagined… Is there really someone who wants the default setting limited to 720p? And if so, WHY? I don’t see the point for the feature request. This is not a feature, it’s something wrong that needs…

There are people that still have horrendous internet in the states. I’ve got a decent download, but my upload is maxxed out from my provider at a paltry 8 mbps. I use about half that for something, leaving another 4 for anyone else. Because of this, I purposefully restrict myself to 2 when remote…

As server owner with a Plex Pass membership you can always limit the remote stream bitrate. Settings > [Server Name] > Remote Access > Limit remote stream bitrate.

And that is another point why it doesn’t make sense to set default value lower than “max”, client-side. Answering to @Divideby0 instead, for a situation like yours is only meaningful if you can edit that value server-side, so you can limit some clients who’s settings’ set to max (and that you can d…

[image] MrSaulman: And that is another point why it doesn’t make sense to set default value lower than “max”, client-side. It does make perfect sense for various use cases. Would you as a user really want “any server admin” to dictate that you must watch a video in full quality / max bitrate…

I don’t get it. As user I can always set it lower if I need to. Just don’t want it to be the default setting because of the reasons I said before. Also, if I want users that have access to my server to just watch contents in full quality (and I want that since I don’t want to waste CPU power for no…

Would you as a suer really want “any server admin” to dictate that you must watch a video in 720p 2mbit bitrate being on [insert connection here] connection (e.g. while [insert activity here])

Not sure I get your point. As a user I can change the video quality preference based on my particular use case (within the constraints set by a server admin’s remote access limitations and restrictions).

[image] MrSaulman: I don’t get it. As user I can always set it lower if I need to. Just don’t want it to be the default setting because of the reasons I said before. Check the number of votes (and creation date) on the thread you were linked to. Check the (at least 20) different threads on t…

Default settings "Quality" is simply wrong

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FordGuy61 January 15, 2022, 7:14pm 2

There is an existing feature request. Add your vote /comments if you so desire.

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Default settings "Quality" is simply wrong

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