I have the same issue as OP, but for OTA/Antenna using HDHomerun. When watching Live TV, on my Samsung TV, it does not support direct play. But if I record a show and then play back, it does support direct play. According to this post from 4 days ago, it seems this is by design (Samsung TV Q85R (2019) Transcoding All Live TV / DVR Instead of Direct Play or Stream). But I am disappointed by this answer and I would like to add my vote to allow direct play for live tv. This is a deal breaker for me… trying out Plex Pass monthly to evaluate but if I need to transcode just to watch live tv it is unacceptable. My QNAP TS-251A server can transcode to 720p but causes buffering on 1080p, and I’m not going to upgrade my NAS any time soon.
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