I noticed this because occasionally my videos would stutter while I was doing other things on the machine. I’m running 1.23.2 from the snap store. I’m direct streaming 4k vp9 video from the server. When I have Hardware Decoding on, I see a plex-htpc thread running at around 200% cpu. GPU usage i…

I’ll give that a try when I get some time. But what exactly is Video Playback Quality doing? It’s not mentioned in that post.

Odd cpu/gpu usage with plex-htpc depending on Hardware Decoding and Video Playback Quality settings

gbooker02 August 29, 2022, 3:50pm 2

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