Fire HD 10 13th Gen (2023) can finally Direct-Play HEVC Main 10 media

[Bohratom]

I had a previous thread about Fire HD 8/10 Gen 10th/11th/12th Not able to play HEVC Main10 media direct-play and instead had to transcode it to H264. Recently I picked up a new Fire HD 10 13th Gen and can report finally that HEVC Main10 media is no longer transcoded and direct-plays now. Took a long 4-5 yrs and here is the the previous thread about this issue.

Playing 1080p HEVC 10bit media on Fire HD devices

Server Version#:1.25.5.5492 Player Version#:8.29.0.30433 I have a 2017 Fire HD10, a 2020 Fire HD8 and a brand new 2021 Fire HD10 which have all worked well with my Plex Server for H264 media. My 2017 Fire HD10 can play 1080p HEVC 10bit just fine with direct play but both my 2020 Fire HD8 and 2021 Fire HD10 always have my server transcode the stream to H264. All 3 run the same version of the Amazon Plex App and all 3 have identical configurations. The strange part is my oldest Fire HD10 is the …