Is there a single device that exists on which there is a Plex client that’s capable of : playing 4K HDR content to a 4K HDR display without server or client video transcode (ie. no HDR->SDR conversion) playing 4K HDR content to a 4K SDR display without server transcode, and hardware assisted local…

Warning : this is a long post, and a bit of a rant. Feel free to ignore it and respond to the original post questions above. But I typed it, so I figured I would post it. [RANT] So far, I have not found one device on a which a Plex client exists that can accomplish all the above. I have a house f…

I just read it . There is nothing in the article about 3D support. It’s all about 4K HDR directplay. I already have multiple devices that do 4K HDR directplay with Plex : Fire Stick 4K, Chromecast with Google TV, Odroid N2+. What I’m looking for is a single device that can do all 3 of : 4K HDR lo…

[image] madbrain: Is there a single device that exists nope.

Neither Plex Media Server nor any Plex client recognizes 3D. It may play the video, but you have to switch your TV to the appropriate 3D mode manually. The 2019 Shield Pro will perform the other tasks on your list.

[image] FordGuy61: Neither Plex Media Server nor any Plex client recognizes 3D. It may play the video, but you have to switch your TV to the appropriate 3D mode manually. You are quite wrong about that. The Plex add-on for Kodi on my Raspberry Pi 3 not only plays the video in 3D, but automat…

Isn’t it Kodi that is handling the 3D part of things? Either way, it works, so thanks for the info. Maybe Kodi + Plex add-on on the Shield gets you where you want? I don’t have a 3D capable TV or I would test it on my Shield.

Kodi on the PI3 has support for HDMI 3D mode. And the PI3 has hardware to decode 3d MVC data. I don’t know how much the Plex add-on really knows about 3D, but it has to be enough to take advantage of those Kodi features. But it does work. As far as the Shield, nVidia has stated they don’t support 3…

Actually, even if you let go of 3D there’s no client that can do it all. Shield or any android/android-based box doesn’t play SSA/ASS subtitles and the video will require a transcode as that’s a limitation of ExoPlayer with no fix in sight for a couple of years at least. Apple TV 4k will fix this b…

MVC 3D really needs to be decoded in the hardware and the RPi is one of the few pieces of hardware that has support for it. Supposedly with Kaby Lake Intel’s integrated GPUs have added support for it. As others have said you can get what you want minus the 3D. Support for 3D is likely to decline …

One device/Plex client to rule them all ? 4K HDR, 3D MVC, lossless audio bitstreaming

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

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One device/Plex client to rule them all ? 4K HDR, 3D MVC, lossless audio bitstreaming

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