Direct playback buffering for high bitrate files

[FordGuy61]

@matt_au

Samsung

Here’s info for Samsung, which is similar to LG. Not sure about Sony.

Transcoding buffers, where is my bottle neck, and why do both audio and video transcode?

You might be hitting the bandwidth limit for HEVC video. Samsung apps have a 80 Mbps limit for HEVC media and a 60 Mbps limit for H264 media. It is a Samsung, not Plex, limit. If the limit is exceeded, Plex Media Server will transcode the video to fit under the limit. The limit is for the sum of all tracks in the file, video + audio. There is also a limit of 30 total tracks in the media file: video + audio + subtitles. If exceeded, Plex Media Server will remux (direct stream) the file. You…