Video settings for direct play on firestick 4k

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Hello Everyone,

I’m going to be converting my movie library for better playback. I was wondering what are the best settings for firestick?

I’ve let plex optimize and few movies and have used the mobile settings. That seems to work will for my setup. I would like direct play if possible.

Thanks

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The Fire Stick runs the Android Plex client, and supports a large number of formats. The general rule is going to be: don’t use HD audio formats. But AAC, AC3, E-AC3, FLAC, and Opus are all fine. HEVC is fine for video (I assume this is a fairly recent Fire Stick). You can leave the subtitles in the original PGS format they are on the disc, too.

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Thank you for your reply. I’ve seen in other places that the mkv format is better is this true. And yes it is the newest 4k max firestick

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MKV is a container format for enclosing all the parts of the movie (video, audio, subtitles) into one file. Honestly a “correct” MP4 file has some strict rules about what can be in it, so you do want to use MKV for your ripping really.

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Thanks

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