On Plex HTPC
First of all thanks for bringing such a great app to us! Especially big thank you to @gbooker02! You always have been very kind and committed to the things we posted about the app - kudos to you!
Plex HTPC is the app I use the most and is now a crucial part of my home entertainment system.
There are however some things that I don´t like about the app:
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This has been already written here - UI consistency - for me, this is especially a “problem” with Plex HTPC. It seems way “behind” the other clients, like the Nvidia shield. Some minor things bug me every time I use the Shield and then Plex HTPC. It starts with the audio track naming… Nvidia Shield => Full name of the Codec => “DTS-HD MA” - on Plex HTPC it only shows as “DTS-HD” and continues with things like “UI smoothness”. On the shield or any other client, scrolling is buttery smooth but on Plex HTPC on Windows, it’s lagging. (It used to be smooth in earlier versions). I already posted this in the Desktop Player subforum but this wasn´t really addressed, unfortunately.
(It also seems it’s not part of gbooker02´s work and more on the design/web-client team to make it smooth again and update the UI - so please fix it! Don´t let Plex HTPC fall behind!!..) -
Another part on the UI - directors and writers
I know there are many rumors here in the forum that there is something planned about how they are displayed… Right now, however, you have to click on the “What’s the movie about” text to see who has directed that movie… Please add them back to the general movie screen or let us know what is planned… -
Codec support
That’s also something I do not fully understand… Why is there an “artificial” codec lock for Plex HTPC? On lower-end devices, like random Android TV boxes I understand why, but on a PC? Some codecs that every PC can decode flawlessly are forced to transcode… Whereas with the Plex for Desktop App, they work fine… Examples are ProRes Video… Please allow “all” codecs to try to direct play on Plex HTPC, if they fail to direct play, you can still transcode them… On PlexMediaPlayer I could throw any codec I want at it and it would have played it just fine… -
And another one…
Please never get rid of desktop HTPC players!
Anyway, please keep up the great work on creating such amazing software so we can manage our own media!
Thanks, Alex
