[Request] Allow higher resolution for direct playback (if within bandwidth limit)

[JuiceWSA]

So change the setting to 1080 at 12Mbps.

Plex reads the Peaks and Valleys.
If the Peaks go outside the limits - transcode.

Are you sure that HEVC file will play on the remote device?

Also - there is a whole Sub-Novel to this all encompassing thread wherein this very thing is under investigation - of sorts…:

Storing videos as H.265 or H.264

Got this working, first impression is that it’s amazing. I want to work on it slightly to make sure I understand the Min/Max/Avg, to make the Bitrate and Average lines easier to read, and to make sure I understand how the “Average” line is calculated. https://github.com/rodrigopolo/plotframes [plot] Found this too, haven’t tested yet. https://github.com/zeroepoch/plotbitrate

Peaks and Valleys.

Not to mention this request has been going for a while:

Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming

My server keeps getting bogged down transcoding for no reason because clients have a low default setting for internet streaming. They are all capable of streaming original quality, and since I’ve been converting a lot of my files to x265, the transcoded 720p version ends up having a higher bitrate than the original does in 1080 or 4k. Please please please allow the server to choose to default the client bandwidth setting to original by default and save my poor server.

The server should control the remote client quality - but it doesn’t.
So, if setting that remote client isn’t something that is easily done.
(like if your Grandmother is on the other end)
That’s when the problem starts.