Plex Android Apps seems to not facilitate transcoding

Server Version#: Version 1.30.0.6486
Player Version#: 9.13.1.37459 (39e89c99)

Other info:
Network: Local
Server Specs:

  • Intel i5-11600K
  • 32 GB RAM 3200
  • OS: unRAID
  • Plex Docker Container: Official (by plexinc)

Just got a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A8. All system updates applied. Downloaded Plex Android App. The app plays some files just fine and others error out as soon as I hit ‘play’. Mostly 4K Content is erroring out. Transcoding on the server is on and should automatically kick in if the device isn’t capable of playing the original file.

Following are the details of the files:
Playing.txt (2.1 KB)
Not Playing.txt (1.4 KB)

The only difference I can see between these files is HVEC → H264 & AAC → EAC3.

One thing I noticed is that Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard file is being transcoded too.
image

I looked in the logs and when I play the other file (Emily the Criminal), apparently the player is throttling.

Dec 30, 2022 15:42:50.532 [0x14652780db38] Debug — [Req#3bbdf/Transcode/af6f5d4514a87bba-com-plexapp-android/a5477f70-0bd9-40bb-9cc5-da7144a96e23] Transcoder segment range: 23 - 46 (45)
Dec 30, 2022 15:42:50.549 [0x14652780db38] Debug — [Req#3bb26/Transcode/af6f5d4514a87bba-com-plexapp-android/a5477f70-0bd9-40bb-9cc5-da7144a96e23] Session af6f5d4514a87bba-com-plexapp-android (3) is throttling

Why is this happening? Shouldn’t transcoding kick in and the media start working? Can someone help me figure out a solution?

Logs:
log.txt (55.0 KB)

Thank you in advance!

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Just checked on Samsung’s product page looks like the tab supports MKV container & AAC audio format. I don’t know why is there an issue

Can someone at least tell me whether this issue is caused by the tablet or some server setting? I want to know this so I can return the tab if that’s the culprit

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