Server Version#: 1.41.6.9606 Player Version#:2025.10.2 (981) My iPhone and iPad now transcode the video section of MPEG2VIDEO files where before this player update they direct played. H.264 encoded files still play directly. I have Allow Direct Play and Allow Direct Stream enabled. I am connec…

Can you get the logs from the app after playing something with MPEG2VIDEO. Logs are gotten from Settings>About>Download logs

Attached is the log file. Thanks David log-2025-04-02T18_02_44.472Z.zip (15.5 KB)

I updated to the new iOS client (2025.11.1(992) and it still transcodes mpeg files to H264. Attached are the log files from the new client. I also attached my server log files in case that helps. log-2025-04-08T16_28_26.136Z.zip (7.5 KB) Plex Transcoder Statistics.log (10.0 KB) Plex Media Serve…

I just noticed that I replied to the thread and not you. Here are my logs from the a new install of the the new client 2025.12.0(1009) on my iPhone 14pro log-2025-04-12T21_22_37.674Z.zip (8.4 KB)

Sorry I have been out. I know devs have been working on various playback thing but I have no update for this one. Thanks for providing logs for new versions.

I just downloaded the new version (2025.13.0(1025) on my iPad and iPhone. This version fixed the transcoding of mpeg2 files for me on iOS 18.4.1. Thank you David

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