I’d love to be able to check different files against the common device profiles without needing to actually have the corresponding device…e.g. select a video to test, and get a table showing direct play, direct stream and transcode profiles for different device classes or specific devices. i think i…

Just to add here… this topic was brought up in last night’s Plex Pass Roundtable and received some nice eyebrow raises from the Plex employees attending. We have captured this feedback as part of the session. I personally would love this capability.

i did a quick mock-up to more clearly illustrate my thinking around this. test could also be done on a by-device basis, using one profile (or tested from the device itself) against many (or all) titles in a given library. results could then be shown in a tab on the item details popup (after the info…

a bump for visibility, and hope that some thought has been given to exposing more data to admins, even if it must be hidden behind a checkbox.

Video Playback Testing

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Client Direct Play/Stream Compatibility Verification Feature Suggestions	5	131	July 30, 2021
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[Feature Request] Direct Play Flag on Media across all clients Feature Suggestions	0	108	November 7, 2015
Direct Play Disabled? Plex Media Server server-linux , roku	16	4177	December 26, 2020
How to Force Direct Play (with no transcoding at all)? Plex Media Server server-windows	137	72380	March 19, 2021

Video Playback Testing

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