# Transcode container

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-linux, lg-webos\
**Created:** [October 4, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277 "2021-10-04T10:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Anathros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Anathros](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Anathros)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/1 "2021-10-04T10:53:33Z")

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Server Version#:latest  
Player Version#:webOS

Hi everyone.  
Since a few weeks, my Plex server is transcoding (only container mkv to mpeg) aproximately at the middle of a movie.  
At first it direct play well. In x264 or x265 same issue.  
How can I stay in direct play ?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![danelem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/danelem/32/91232_2.png) [@danelem](https://forums.plex.tv/u/danelem)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/2 "2021-10-10T14:48:56Z")

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Is it similar to this?

> [@Plex forces transcoding for mkv files (and not playing on Android)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-forces-transcoding-for-mkv-files-and-not-playing-on-android/747954):
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> Server Version#: 1.24.4.5081 (but same issue on previous few versions) Ubuntu 20.04 Player Version#: For maybe a month now, whenever I try to play a MKV file, the following happens: On my LG TV, the server forces transcoding (even though the same files direct-played fine before). On the Shield and also my Android phone, either, the video never loads, or it plays a black screen with no sound. To notice that I have a second server (Synology NAS) and it direct plays the same files from the sam…

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**Author:** ![Anathros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Anathros](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Anathros)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/3 "2021-11-08T20:39:05Z")

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Yes it looks like.  
Now it transcode every mkv !  
It really weird. Is it a way to fix this ?!

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**Author:** ![Anathros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Anathros](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Anathros)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/4 "2021-11-18T20:28:28Z")

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Can you please fix the LG pmp ?!  
It’s impossible to direct play x265 mkv files know !!  
I’ve a lot of HD light x265 files with low bitrates (between 2/4 Mbps) but with this forcing transcoding in mpegts the bandwidth is 3x much bigger … so with my low connection its buffering every 2min !  
That’s very annoying 😤

And the best part: if I want to downgrade the quality I’ve only the choice with ugly sd 720kbps or 320kbps !!!

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**Author:** ![Anathros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Anathros](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Anathros)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/5 "2021-12-08T15:19:39Z")

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Can someone help me with those direct play issues ?!  
Even if I disable subs it still transcode mkv files !  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-container/748277/6 "2022-03-08T15:20:09Z")

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Closed on March 8, 2022, 3:20pm UTC

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