Plex Server Custom Transcode profiles

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Server Version#: v1.41.0.8994
Player Version#: web or ios 8.40

Under /Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Profiles I created Custom.xml with the following. Transcoder Quality should be set to Automatic as it won’t show custom profiles, but should override in the background. Does anyone see anything wrong with this setup? My goal was to specify bitrate for on the fly transcoding.

I wonder if this is still applicable? I asked chatgpt. It could be completely wrong. So. are custom profiles a thing? Some of its sources seem old as dirt so I question it.

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It isn’t. It might be AI-fantasy. (It’s called “generative AI” for a reason.)
Or it is based on information about ancient server versions.

The bandwidth is dependent on a lot of variables. A simple profile will not override it.

  1. the type of connection between server and client. “Local” is free to use any speed, up to 10GBps.
    “Remote” is primarily determined by the settings under Server/Remote. Furthermore, the actual speeds between server and client are monitored and might lead to the client suggesting a different speed setting on the client.
    “Indirect” is limited to 1 mbps or 2mbps (with Plex Pass)
  2. the above can be further reduced by the settings in the preferences of the client, as well as whatever the user on the client has selected as bandwidth during playback.
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Thanks for confirming. I did some digging and it seem to be pulling that information from DLNA for plex. And this in the picture below.Writing profiles for DLNA devices

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It might still work for some DLNA devices but has not been tested since all the client profile-augmentation features were implemented.

In the current mechanisn,

  1. The player contacts PMS to make a play request.
  2. PMS responds with the details about the selected item (bitrates, formats, etc)
  3. The player then responds with: a. desired bitrates, formats, etc b. its capabilities c. requested playback limitations (if any)
  4. PMS then does a union of Media info & Player capability to determine playback settings.
  5. PMS then tells the player to prepare for playback
  6. PMS starts the playback at the negotiated settings
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