Plex Media Server Won't Display ORF (RAW) Photos

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My Windows 11 Server cannot display any of my RAW photos that are in ORF format (Olympus/OM System). Folders with only ORF files in them as well as the photos themselves are black and include the message “Unable to load photo.”

My ORF files can be viewed in Windows Explorer, so I know that there’s a Windows plug-in that works on the PC. Has anyone found a workaround? I’ve not found any recent feature requests which are applicable.

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Why would you want to?
RAW files should be edited to create a displayable photograph

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I have thousands of RAW photos some of which I edit; among those edited files, I don’t always export them to jpg format. I simply wish to be able to view my RAW photos via the PMS. By the way, I can easily view RAW files in the NEF (Nikon) format on the server. It’s just ORF files which cannot be displayed.