Roku transcoding 1080i mpeg streams

Plex Players Streaming Devices
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Server Version#: Version 4.123.2
Player Version#: 7.14.6.8945-82580c87e-Plex
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Roku direct streams 720p mpeg (recorded using Plex DVR) streams, but transcodes 1080i streams. The video & audio quality suffer quite a bit.

The video and audio quality used to be fine till sometime recently.

Please help.
Plex Media Server Logs_2024-02-02_13-37-18.zip (1.9 MB)

Player settings:
Local quality Original
Direct Play: Auto
Allow Direct stream: Yes
Max H. 264. : 4.1
Allow Mpeg Y

Here are the settings for the stream that is being transcoded (CBS over the air programming)

Show Quality 1080i (Original)

Stream info:
Transcode: Incompatible serve decided cannot direct Play. Unsupported container:mpegts.
Format: hls
Video: H. 264 Convert
Audio: English (AAC Stereo) Convert

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Plagiarizing myself from another post:

“I’m on version 7.13.9 on my Roku Premiere (4620). In that version, in Settings → Video, there’s an option “Experimental 1080p MPEG2.” Enabling that allowed 1080i MPEG2 to be direct-streamed (no transcoding) in my environment. Maybe give that a try on yours? (Without it enabled I see the same behavior as you describe.)”

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Thank you. I’ve set that option and it is working. It sometimes stalls for a long time if I rewind/forward a bit too much at a time - like when trying to get past commercials, but otherwise, it is working.
Thanks.

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You’re welcome, glad you got it working!

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