Plex Transcoding Issue - HEVC Main 10 HDR 4k Movies

Plex Media Server version?

Turn off HDR tonemapping in Settings → Transcoder (show advanced if needed). Tonemapping is not supported on Nvidia w/ Windows, so it will hit your CPU instead.

To see if your GPU is in use for transcoding:

  • Using Plex Web, go to Settings → Console
  • Filter for TPU:
  • Play a movie. Force a transcode if needed.
  • You should see NVDEC/NVENC for the decoder/encoder if Plex is transcoding with the 1070.

Additional Information:
Using Hardware-Accelerated Transcoding
HDR to SDR Tone Mapping

Sample Output: