# Plex always transcoding on Fire TV Stik 4K Select

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** fire-tv-vega\
**Created:** [July 6, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314 "2026-07-06T08:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zarkon0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@zarkon0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zarkon0)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314/1 "2026-07-06T08:06:04Z")

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Hello.

Plex player for amazon Fire TV Stik 4k Select always transcoding video.

Simple .mkv with h264/h265 video with lower bit rate (aprox. 7000kb/s) always transcoding.

Never direct playing it, always if the fire tv app is select direct play.

Same videos is direct playing in others devices as old samsung ju7000 tv.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314/2 "2026-07-06T08:12:31Z")

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Expected. The Vega OS devices have limited capabilities.

> [@Plex on Vega OS devices (Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-vega-os-devices-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-select/932354):
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> Amazon recently announced their new Fire TV Stick 4K Select and will release it on October 15, 2025. This device runs their brand new Vega OS and requires a different client app than traditional Fire OS. Our current Fire TV app is not compatible with this new OS so we’ve been working with Amazon on supporting this platform. The Plex app, with our new UI experience, will be available at launch but does have some limitations and issues we’ve found during testing. For those members of our community…

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**Author:** ![zarkon0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@zarkon0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zarkon0)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314/3 "2026-07-06T11:03:23Z")

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so is possible that in a near future Stick TV 4K Select works well?

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314/4 "2026-07-06T12:05:01Z")

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If still within the return window, then do so. Acquire a device that runs Android TV such as the Fire Stick 4K Max Gen 2 or one of the Onn devices from Walmart.

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**Author:** ![zarkon0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@zarkon0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zarkon0)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-transcoding-on-fire-tv-stik-4k-select/940314/5 "2026-07-22T11:03:20Z")

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But apps like Movistar+, Netflix, Youtube… all of them work well.

Only Plex is working poor.

Thanks!