Ok, thank you for your investigation, it helps a lot. Now I understand why some of my old collection videos don’t play on new Android libraries.
But if I switch off “hw video encoding” option - they play just fine, without green. So - can Plex make its encoding to new H.264 (or any supported) format?
Plex encodes to H.264 (AVC). Reading the old DIV/X is the problem
Weird question I’ve been meaning to ask: What’s the specific reason why Plex’s hardware encode can’t work with DIVX? I understand the hardware decode wouldn’t handle it. But can’t Plex simply decode DIVX in software, then hand it off for the hardware encode to AVC? That’s what Plex did with VC-1 for an long time until hardware support became available widely.
I’m guessing I simply misunderstand where the problem is in the process. Is it that FFMPEG literally isn’t playing DIVX back properly in software, too?
It’s the decode side which is the problem
The QSV doesn’t support the old DIV/X mode in the video ASIC.
Remember, Plex draws from upstream FFMPEG. Anything rooted there as a problem will also exist here unless it can be fixed locally.
While the problem is really wide, is it possible to make an option for software decoding of DIVX? Or at least have some local patch for those who ready to fix it in their systems?
I really can’t imagine regular rescan of thousands videos in the system finding the old ones and decoding them.
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