Hello, I came over around 50 of articles and forum posts ,but i cannot seem to find a way to completely disable Encoding/Transcoding on Plex Server Completely. Please Suggest me Something.that will Force Direct Play and won’t Transcode anyway. thanks

This thread has compelled me to interject some understanding. please don’t be offended if I’m repeating something that’s already been mentioned in this thread. Firstly I would like to say that option to be able to turn off the transcoder may not be an issue if you truly understand what the alternat…

Also I’m just going to say like this… so many people are using underpowered hardware expecting it to transcode. It’s not all about quality… but rather the capability to decode the media. I say this because people are here saying I should have the ability to “restrict quality” I remember the day w…

[image] xNASHx: Or maybe even use the built-in optimized versions feature and Plex. Not possible. Well, it is… but defeats the point completely because optimizing transcodes the file. Something the people don’t want. [image] xNASHx: so many people are using underpowered hardware expectin…

How is defaulting to 2Mbps the same as defaulting to direct play or direct stream? At this point I am not sure if Plex doesn’t understand the issue, or just doesn’t care…

[image] Matt_Ryndak: How is defaulting to 2Mbps the same as defaulting to direct play or direct stream? At this point I am not sure if Plex doesn’t understand the issue, or just doesn’t care… I raised the exact same issue a few months ago, see: my post from 01/31/2019 , and I was met with a …

. Also, does any other media streaming service in existence follow this method? Honestly I’d be interested in an example of one or two that handle quality settings the same way Plex does, not dynamically but sets the default playback quality to 480p. Thats right, 2mbps is .5 mbps higher than the av…

Streaming services are not the same. They have a set file with a predetermined bitrate so they don’t need to worry the same. Netflix’s basic plan only streams in SD at about 1-2 Mbps. You need their higher plans to get HD, which bumps it up to 2-4 Mbps. In this case, the user knows exactly what …

[image] anon18523487: Again, this is just the default when you install the client for the first time. You can change this default at any time. Again, defaults are fine (though I’d argue 2 Mbps is too low and it should be either 3 or 4 Mbps, though my point would almost make that moot) but as…

Disable Plex Transcoder Totally

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LacixHU August 6, 2019, 4:15pm 319

Workaround to stop transcoding for 4K content (it can be used to stop transcoding for specific user too)
https://dailysysadmin.com/KB/Article/2894/stop-or-disable-plex-from-transcoding-4k-content-using-tautulli-scripts/

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Disable Plex Transcoder Totally

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