Samsung app playing as Remote quality even though its on LAN

[ranfre]

I had the same issue and reported as a bug.

BUG: Plex for Samsung TV using remote settings for local

Server Version#: 1.19.4.2935 Player Version#: 4.29.6 I was trying to play a movie on my Samsung TV which is on the same network as my server and it kept buffering. According to the web dashboard it was attempting to transcode down to 720p. After looking at the settings in the app I saw that the local was set to original quality and the remote was set at 720p. I switched remote to original quality and restarted the video then it played via direct play. I switched the setting back and forth agai…