Transcoding from highest quality

[el_pedriyo]

Hello,

I was just digging out through the forum, and found this

How does Plex handle transcoding when there are multiple versions of a library item available?

What I mean is the following…say a Movie has 3 versions: 720p @ 3 Mbps 1080p @ 8 Mbps 4k @ 30 Mbps Now, let’s say a user has configured max quality as 720p, 4 Mbps. Will Plex: a) Try to direct play the 720p version or; b) Will it pick the highest quality version (in this case 4k) and transcode it down to 4 Mbps? I’m hoping Plex is smart enough so it’s “a” because “b” is basically the worst thing it could be doing since right off the bat it knows what versions and bitrates are available f…

It seems plex should take the closest resolution version available from a movie, and transcode from it, if a lower resolution is selected. However it seems not to be working. It seems always to be transcoding from 4k resolution. Any fix for this? @ChuckPa

Kind regards