Im trying to get my head around the “optimize” thing in plex. When I’ve optimized a movie in the iOS preset and playing it on my iPhone (choosing the correct version and making sure it’s playing in the original quality) the server is still transcoding, I would like it to use direct play, is that possible? If it is, what am I doing wrong?
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