LG WebOS Plex app BUG + 4K hevc HDR > 1080p VS Samsung APP no bug

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Perhaps you have seen:

[INFO] Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k

NOTE: for 2022 – Plex has come a long way since this FAQ was originally written, HW transcoding has become more available and more stable, and tone mapping was recently added to address the hdr/sdr color conversion issues. The first 4 ‘rules’ generally are no longer as important as they once were, but may still be a good thing to bear in mind. Dolby Vision, is an entirely other mess. THIS thread/FAQ is NOT about DV. DV work is still in progress, and there are no perfect TV’s or external devic…

When Plex has to convert it prefers to convert to h.264, the combination of the audio and subtitles puts Plex in this situation. The TV is the component that is telling Plex give me stereo so I don’t know if it has settings to pass DTS over ARC to the soundbar.