Plex insists on transcoding HEVC>H.264

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I agree with @TeknoJunky; I believe @ChuckPa and others have stated that the Shield can perform tonemapping locally for HDR content on an SDR display.

Nvidia Shield 8.2 hdr to sdr finally

Fyi, if you like me only have an sdr tv… Today is finally your day… hdr to sdr tonemapping is finally here! It works!!! YESSSSSSS Incidentally I’m not experiencing any of the issues some others have mentioned. I just thought I’d mention it to those who might also be waiting.

Choosing a new player

I’ve been working with Nvidia on the Shield . I have a Shield Pro 2019. It is quickly becoming, and in some ways now is, a “Best in Class” device. It is a DirectPlay client for PMS. (It does all the heavy lifting). It can handle HDR -> SDR tone mapping by itself. It does all the proper passthrough to my Onkyo (RZ) receiver. As a test, I gave it 2160p UHD 59.94 Hz video (Gemini Man) and it played it flawlessly on a 1080p SDR display. Plex sent the file as DirectPlay. It did all the wo…

I imagine this has plenty of limitations, and I assume that audio and container all contribute to transcoding decisions.