Hi, I have been using Plex for quite some time now and I’m very happy with it. I do however have a common reoccuring scenario that is quite annoying. This involves new, not so tech-savvy users (which they all are). I often get complain after a few weeks that the quality is quite bad/not the best. …

I have this problem literally every time I decide to add a friend to my server. Default should be direct play anything 1080P or below, with exception of incompatibility, but in case of transcoding due to that to default to 1080P transcodes too. If a user truly has such crappy internet they can’t h…

You would think that they would start at original quality… And if for some reason it can’t play it directly then it would transcode it to a version that it can. and not necessarily a lower resolution, maybe a different bit rate. I have this problem with a number of users, for some reason they kee…

Even simply the ability to change each active stream’s quality from the dashboard would be enough for me. Keep the 4Mbps 720p as default if its somehow necessary for Plex to remain insolvent

[image] G4LIL3O: Even simply the ability to change each active stream’s quality from the dashboard would be enough for me. The problem with that for me is I don’t sit here and watch to see what others are playing… I usually get a text that there is a problem… and it’s usually all the transc…

I just came here to show my support, I recently greatly upped my server output + internet bandwidth. Guess who spends 30 minutes explaining that they need to set the quality themselves, knows the ins and outs of every plex app for systems I don’t even own, me. Not to mention the second message when…

To share support, you can vote here (the link was already posted by tdharris, but it is lost somewhere in the middle of this thread): [image] Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming Feature Suggestions My server keeps getting bogged down transcoding for no reason be…

Came in here to add my 2c including the post I made for the official feature request for this. [image] Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming Feature Suggestions More server-side controls are desperately needed. I realize that ‘auto-adjust quality’ feature might so…

Yes … PLEASE default clients to max / org DirectPlay + Direct Stream and not that nonsense 4Mbit 720p I have most of my content in 1080p 4Mbit h265 … what happens it a client connects is requesting 720p 4Mbit h264 form an 1080p 4Mbit h265 original… GREAT … and then my friends complain about get…

Also looking for this feature. Definitely annoying having people constantly complain about the quality when its just the dang default setting in their client! It seems it would be more practical to be able to set this server side as an override for the clients that have the default setting.

It is totally annoying. With these default settings, even 720p content gets transcoded (higher bitrate). [plex-remote-streaming-sd-annoying]

Force higher remote quality?

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plexflixler September 7, 2020, 6:06pm 88

To share support, you can vote here (the link was already posted by tdharris, but it is lost somewhere in the middle of this thread):

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