Server Version#: 1.18.2.2058
Player Version#: Web Client 4.8.4
I normally use Plex on an Apple TV, and haven’t seen any transcoding there for a long time. Today, I’ve gone to use Plex on my desktop PC, and for some reason it’s trying to apply my 4Mbps per-stream remote access limit to local clients.
I have the “LAN Networks” setting set to 10.0.0.0/8. My PMS is at 10.0.101.60, and the client connecting is 10.0.103.80, as seen here:
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.220 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - Request: [10.0.103.80:13590 (WAN)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/....
(First clue - why does it think 10.0.103.80 is WAN?)
Then, here’s the MDE decision:
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 73281
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: E1 - Episode 1: Direct Play is disabled
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: E1 - Episode 1: media must be transcoded in order to use the dash protocol
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: E1 - Episode 1: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/h264
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: E1 - Episode 1: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/h264/aac
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.225 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - MDE: The End of the F***ing World - S2 E1 - Episode 1: selected media 0 / 73281
Dec 15, 2019 14:48:03.226 [0x7f6f2cff9700] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Calculated bandwidth of 4576kbps exceeds bandwidth limit. Changing decision parameters provided by client to fit bandwidth limit of 4000kbps
Any ideas? I’ve tried setting LAN networks to contain just “10.0.103.80” and the same thing happens. tcpdump on my Plex server confirms my desktop is communicating with PMS over the LAN rather than going out to the internet and back in.
If I disable “Limit Remote Stream Bitrate” on the ‘Remote Access’ tab, then this issue goes away and I can stream direct play. Seems like this is an issue with PMS not correctly reading the ‘LAN Networks’ value?