Hello to everybody… I try to play a movie with subtitles (.srt), unsupported audio (TrueHD) and supported video (H265) by my TV (LG 50UK6470 UHD). When I play the movie, if I don’t enable subtitles, unsupported audio (TrueHD) transcodes to supported audio (AAC) as normal and supported video (H265) …

This has been known for a long time. It is a limitation of the Plex SmartTV app. Enabling image based subtitles, PGS or VOBSUB, forces a video transcode. If audio is transcoding, enabling SRT subtitles forces a video transcode. If audio direct plays, enabling SRT subtitles does not force a video…

Is it just me or isn’t this a huge drawback since hdr is lost in transcode and 4k transcode is a real heavy lifting. Is it possible to fix this in future updates or what is it that makes it impossible to have subtitles with converted audio and copied video (no transcode of video)? (I understand th…

It is 2020 and we are still waiting for an update to remove this transcode sync limitation by PLEX asap!. Many movies are 4K HDR now and when enable srt. subtitles and unsupported audio by TV or Sound System, triggers transcoding video too as you know. 4K HDR video transcoding is heavy job for netwo…

To Enable Subtitles and Transcode Unsupported Audio also Forces to Transcode Supported Video

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OttoKerner December 9, 2019, 9:34am 3

It is intentional. Otherwise it can happen that video and audio are drifting apart.

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To Enable Subtitles and Transcode Unsupported Audio also Forces to Transcode Supported Video

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