Server Version#: 4.63.0 Player Version#: 5.26.3 (Samsung TV) So I have these 2 examples: 1080p h.264, mkv, eac3 5.1 (direct play for video and audio) 4k hevc main 10 hdr, mkv, eac3 5.1 (direct stream for video and transcode for audio to aac) Now my question is why it transcodes audio if it’s sa…

[image] kikky_skrlin_gmail_com: Server Version#: 4.63.0 Please verify Plex Media Server version via Settings → Server_Name → General. 4.63 is the version for Plex Web, not the server. [image] kikky_skrlin_gmail_com: why is video direct stream and not direct play It is direct streamin…

Server version: 1.24.5.5173 Info for 4k video: 1896.zip (2.3 KB) Logs by instructions: Plex Media Server Logs_2021-11-10_19-34-15.zip (47.6 KB)

Thanks for the info. The movie has 30+ subtitle tracks. Remove the unnecessary subtitles from the movie file. This should allow the audio to direct play. You can use the multiplexer function in MKVToolNix to remove the tracks. When Plex direct plays a media file, it sends it unaltered to the cl…

While not directly related to the audio transcode, you should also check how you have your libraries organized. It appears you may be mixing movies and TV shows in the same library, which is not supported by Plex. This can lead to problems with Plex correctly identifying the media, downloading met…

I keep all in same folder and Plex separates them correctly in library to TV shows and Movies after so I don’t have problem with that right now. I have mkvtoolnix and I used it several times to remove unnecessary tracks, but wasn’t aware about TV limit. So basically if I keep just 1 or 2 subtitles …

[image] kikky_skrlin_gmail_com: I keep all in same folder and Plex separates them correctly in library to TV shows and Movies after so I don’t have problem with that right now. You’re lucky. When, not if, you run into problems you’ll need to separate things. I’ll get off my soapbox now. …

I agree with @FordGuy61 that separating the libraries borders on necessary as it can create all kinds of unforeseen nightmares by retaining TV Shows and Movies in the same library. As for limitations on the Shield… If they exist I have never been able to find them. I have a handful of files with a h…

I can confirm it direct plays on Samsung TV app when I remove most of the subtitles. I also tried on Shield (arrived today) and it direct plays there without removing any of the subtitles and without any issues.

[image] kikky_skrlin_gmail_com: I also tried on Shield (arrived today) and it direct plays there without removing any of the subtitles Good to know. Thanks for the confirmation.

Read here, that Samsung was notified, but unlikely that they do anything. [image] Issue with direct play / direct stream if "stream count exceeds 30 streams" always transcodes Smart TVs Server Version#: 1.19.5.3112 Player Version#: 5.1.0 Tizen 5.5 If have a MKV with lot…

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workonwomen November 16, 2021, 7:26am 11

Read here, that Samsung was notified, but unlikely that they do anything.

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