Transcoding 4k to 1080p all washed out

there currently isn’t one

  1. you shouldn’t convert 4k, you gain nothing from a standard 1080p bluray rip and you waste a bunch of time and energy to do so.
  2. keeping a separate library is the simplest and best way, this way you can limit remote and non-4k clients from using 4k content and avoid unnecessary transcoding.

you can ignore both points above, but you only make it more difficult on yourself.

you may or may not find this useful @ [INFO] Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k