# Weird transcoding

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows, roku
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065 "2022-10-25T02:43:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![bthnc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bthnc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bthnc)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065/1 "2022-10-25T02:43:46Z")

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Server Version#: 1.29.1.6316  
Player Version#: roku ultra (not sure of version)

Just updated to this version of server. A few times Plex said my server wasn’t fast enough when trying to jump to a chapter — took a really long time and then gave up with the error. This is strange because it shouldn’t need to transcode the video at all. Eventually got it to play, but looking at the details after it looks quite strange:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/9/1/9919bb0923c75a3e09a135dfc9e4b3ebf44a7a9b.jpeg)

Good version:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/e/0/1e05e22d65bb59a32248fbf3aed42ff128383ca3.jpeg)

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### Author: ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065/2 "2022-10-25T09:08:30Z")

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Roku’s do not support VC1 video codec.

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### Author: ![bthnc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bthnc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bthnc)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065/3 "2022-10-25T14:42:37Z")

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Ah right, thank you! At one point in time (years back) I knew that because for this concert, I created a second file (H.264) so it could direct play on this Roku.

For some reason after the update, Plex was selecting/playing the VC1 version, and not the H.264 version. Even so, the server is power enough to do the transcode, so this is still a bit strange.

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### Author: ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065/4 "2022-10-25T19:48:48Z")

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Yeah, it should choose the H264 version if that can be direct played. If you provide the roku and [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) after playing this file, we may be able to identify why it is choosing the vc1 version.

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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: [January 23, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/weird-transcoding/816065/5 "2023-01-23T19:49:02Z")

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