I am curious as to why a natively supported MP4 file is being transcoded (albeit just the container).
From the Plex web site…
"Content matching the following can usually be Direct Played:
PS4
- Container: MP4
- Resolution: 1920×1080 or smaller
- Video Encoding: H.264 (Level 4.1 or lower)
- Audio Encoding: AAC, AC3, EAC3
- Bitrate: 20Mbps or lower"
This is the source video file…
General
Complete name : movie.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 1.31 GiB
Duration : 1 h 50 min
Overall bit rate : 1 692 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.42.102
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 50 min
Bit rate : 1 301 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 694 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.061
Stream size : 1.00 GiB (77%)
Writing library : x264 core 160 r3000 33f9e14
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=2000 / vbv_bufsize=4000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1 h 50 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 304 MiB (23%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
…and yet this is happening…
PRODUCT Plex for PlayStation 4
PLAYER PlayStation 4
QUALITY Original (1.7 Mbps)
STREAM Direct Stream
CONTAINER Transcode (MP4 > MPEGTS)
VIDEO Direct Stream (H264 720p)
AUDIO Direct Stream (AC3 5.1)
SUBTITLE None
Plex for Playstation 4 = 4.29.6
Plex Media Server = 1.19.4.2935
Thanks,
Paully
