# DLNA - the final solution? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-dlna\ **Created:** [May 21, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655 "2022-05-21T07:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![triks\_melb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triks_melb/32/107894_2.png) [@triks\_melb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triks_melb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/1 "2022-05-21T07:16:39Z")
Can Plex transcode EVERYTHING (audio and video) and feed it to a dumb TV in MPEG-2 TS? Really simple DLNA question which I can not find the answer to - anywhere. My TV only supports this format (Panasonic Viera TH-P50VT20A). ---
**Author:** ![Divideby0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Divideby0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Divideby0)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/2 "2022-05-21T14:52:11Z")
I haven’t had much experience with Plex’s use of DLNA, but I don’t think Plex gets involved in transcoding on-demand when it provides the files via DLNA. You need a client on the TV’s end that tells the server what the TV is capable of playing, in order to request a video of a particular quality. Fire TV sticks from Amazon can have a client installed on them and are pretty capable. As long as your TV has an HDMI port, you’d by able to use Plex on that. ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/3 "2022-05-21T19:28:48Z")
> [@Divideby0](#): > > I don’t think Plex gets involved in transcoding on-demand when it provides the files via DLNA. Plex will transcode, sometimes, for DLNA, sometimes. I don’t know what the rubric is. The oldschool XML capability profiles refer to DLNA. I don’t know if there’s any ability to customize them. I don’t know how a random device would fit into it. It’s probably possible! But like, I totally agree. Buy something. Fire and Roku sticks are good and cheap. The Walmart `onn` boxes are _cheap_. ---
**Author:** ![triks\_melb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triks_melb/32/107894_2.png) [@triks\_melb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triks_melb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/4 "2022-05-21T22:52:03Z")
Thanks for the responses. As this is really just a spare TV used mostly for DVB-T, I can not justify spending/adding anything to it. When I noticed Plex on the menu via DLNA and the speed and simplicity it operates at, it sparked my mind; if someone familiar with editing the custom profiles (there is already a Panasonic Viera 3D TV profile for newer models) which would force Plex to transcode **all** formats since Plex can already do this when playing non-supported video to other devices. I am sure its possible, the question is if there is anyone who reads this forum who could modify the DLNA settings in PMS and/or the profiles to achieve this… ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/5 "2022-05-21T22:56:16Z")
> [@Volts](#): > > The Walmart `onn` boxes are _cheap_ . I own one of these for an older 1080P TV and it works really well. Only $20 and it is actually receiving Android TV updates (and actually runs _real_ Android TV). > [@triks\_melb](#): > > I can not justify spending/adding anything to it. If you do change your mind on this point, I can recommend the Onn streaming box if all you need is something basic and compatible. ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/6 "2022-05-21T23:34:48Z")
Try to play something from the TV. Then share [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) here. We can make some guesses about Profile XML changes. ---
**Author:** ![triks\_melb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triks_melb/32/107894_2.png) [@triks\_melb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triks_melb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/7 "2022-05-21T23:37:48Z")
I’m in Australia we don’t have Walmart here but really I’d like to avoid adding devices to the TV if DLNA could work. ---
**Author:** ![triks\_melb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triks_melb/32/107894_2.png) [@triks\_melb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triks_melb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/8 "2022-05-21T23:42:05Z")
there may be varying info in logs as I was testing different profiles. [Plex Media Server Logs\_2022-05-21\_16-59-03.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/zX28fd0dcplTaA4Id2Syq0IaTZh.zip) (6.2 MB) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dlna-the-final-solution/793655/9 "2022-08-19T23:43:02Z")
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