I am brand new to Plex. I have been using TotalMedia Theatre for many years on my Windows 7 Media Center, but some update from Microsoft has finally killed it. So I am trying out Plex. I build a Movies folder and Plex can see my mp4 and wtv files, but not my movies in a folder structure built my Clown BD and used by TMT. The folder has several subfolders including D:\Movies Test\Loving Vincent\BDMV\STREAM with a .m2ts file that is the movie. What do I have to do to get Plex to see it? Do I need to use MakeMKV to get a mkv file Plex can see? Will it still have DTS HD? I thought Plex could see any kind of file, but apparently not m2ts. Is it better to have mkv or is mp4 better? Do both allow DTS HD? I tried reading previous posts but after seeing several hundred pages of posts and many 7 years old, I figured I needed to get an up to date answer. Thank You
@RonZimmerman said:
The folder has several subfolders including D:\Movies Test\Loving Vincent\BDMV\STREAM with a .m2ts file that is the movie.
Plex doesn’t support DVD and Bluray Disc-based folder structures, nor ISO files.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201426506-why-are-iso-video-ts-and-other-disk-image-formats-not-supported/
Do I need to use MakeMKV to get a mkv file Plex can see?
Yes.
Will it still have DTS HD?
Yes. MakeMKV only copies the streams into the MKV container, without changing them. All video, audio and subtitle tracks will be retained.
Is it better to have mkv or is mp4 better? Do both allow DTS HD?
Unknown. For things ripped directly from discs (without recompression) the MKV container is the safer bet.
If you are aiming for maximum compatibility with all possible client devices, go for the mp4 containr, but it may not support all the ripped streams (particularly subtitles and some of the higher-end audio formats.)
Make sure to read & heed
https://support.plex.tv/articles/#cat-media-preparation
as well as
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201543057-why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found/
From the Plex guide:
M2TS and TS containers with:
H.264, hevc (H.265)*, or mpeg2video video encoding aac, ac3, dts, mp2, or mp3 audio encoding
Does your M2TS file(s) meet that requirement?
Thank you for your replies. Yes, the m2ts file is H.264 and DTS
