Server Version#: 1.21.0.3616 Player Version#: (current Roku player) All of a sudden, files that have always played with Direct Play, are transcoding. The transcoding is just copying the format. But transcoding none the less. I enabled Debug and found this when I start playing: Nov 26, 2020 10:53:…

That message does not mean there is a setting or something like that to disable the playback. It just means the client has decided it does not want to direct play the file. Unfortunately, that snippet you provided does not provide the reasoning. If you can provide the entire log, that would help. …

I’ve got both logs. Do I just upload them here? They have my personal email and account details in them… I have a feeling that it’s something to do with subtitles. But I can’t figure out what.

I have now tested multiple files on three different Roku’s. They all support the formats and codecs. They all used to Direct Play. Now they Direct Stream. I’m not 100% sure when it started. Here’s the file of the Roku log for the first example. Let me know if there’s a more secure upload process. I…

The difference between Direct Play and Direct Stream is negligible. As long as both the video and the audio are unchanged. Which is the case above.

Yeah, I get that. But I’m too curious. Why would it have been working for years and just change? My hardware all supports the formats. When I force it, it works. What could have changed? Is Plex officially stating that they won’t support Direct Play on compatible hardware?

You are reading far too much into this. As long as you can play back and there is no higher CPU load on the server, there is no reason for concern.

[image] jbhardman: Yeah, I get that. But I’m too curious. Can you provide the XML for that movie? Investigate Media Information and Formats | Plex Support

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <MediaInfo xmlns="https://mediaarea.net/mediainfo" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="https://mediaarea.net/mediainfo https://mediaarea.net/mediainfo/mediainfo_2_0.xsd" version="2.0"> <creatingLibrary versi…

Wrong XML. I want the one from PMS.

My bad. Here it is. hotelts2.xml.txt (89.9 KB)

Direct Play Disabled?

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ljunkie December 2, 2020, 8:13pm 17

The fix is in the current preview release, and will be in the next official release.

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