Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 Player Version#: 1.112.0.359 Hi, on the server I’ve successfully enabled transcoding incl hardware acceleration and it works correctly, when playing a video file. During playback I can change the quality and it will pause a few seconds and then play the transcoded ve…

Plex is aware of the issue. No word on a fix. [image] Downloads not transcoding Desktop Players Trying to download some of my movies but don’t need the full size (lots of 4k movies). Before the I updated on both windows and mac my Plex (unraid) server would tr…

It’s honestly been like this for about a year, let’s face it they don’t care about Windows. Downloads on Plex for Windows is EOL but they just don’t want to say it. I believe that they fixed it on Android, god help the people who want to look at stuff offline on a reasonable sized screen rather tha…

Plex for Windows doesn't transcode when downloading Movies / Shows

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FordGuy61 March 6, 2026, 5:32pm 2

Plex is aware of the issue. No word on a fix.

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Plex for Windows doesn't transcode when downloading Movies / Shows

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