Hi,
I’m serving the above movie and it buffers every 10 secs or so.
My server is an iMac - spec in picture.
Thanks
Tony
Bournemouth, UK
Transcoding a 4k movie is very processor intensive. You’d be better off figuring out what file formats your end player (the TV) supports and reencoding the file to Direct Play.
The free program called HandBrake is invaluable for this type of conversion.
Is the movie transcoding? During playback, login via Plex Web and check the status.
Plex transcodes video to H.264, so if the movie is transcoding, you’re getting 1080p SDR at best.
Do not enable PGS or VOBSUB subtitles. The Plex client on an LG OLED does not direct play image based subtitles. Enabling them will result in a video transcode.
If possible, choose an AC3, dts, or AAC audio track, not TrueHD or dts-HD. You want to avoid audio transcoding if possible. The CPU hit is minimal, but it can lead to other issues. Such as…
The LG Plex client can direct play SRT (text) subtitles. However, …
If the audio is transcoding and you enable SRT subtitles, then Plex will also transcode the video.
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