Why do some movies show up as SD, and some as 480P

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: Latest Beta
Player Version#: Latest

As the subject says… Why are they essential saying the same thing?

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The primary difference is interlaces versus progressive scan .

SD = interlaced (525 or 576 or ??? interlaced per frame)
480p = 480 lines of progressive scan per frame

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HMmmm 0 I see a heigth difference

Is that what triggers it?

12 Monkeys - 480P
Codec H264
Bitrate 1950 kbps
Bit Depth 8
Chroma Location left
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Coded Height 480
Coded Width 864
Color Primaries smpte170m
Color Range tv
Color Space smpte170m
Color Trc bt709
Frame Rate 29.97 fps
Height 480
Level 4.1
Profile high
Ref Frames 4
Scan Type progressive
Width 852
Display Title 480p (H.264)
Extended Display Title 480p (H.264)

2Fast2Furious
Codec H264
Bitrate 2008 kbps
Language English
Language Tag en
Anamorphic true
Bit Depth 8
Chroma Location left
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Coded Height 368
Coded Width 720
Color Primaries smpte170m
Color Range tv
Color Space smpte170m
Color Trc bt709
Frame Rate 59.94 fps
Height 362
Level 3.1
Pixel Aspect Ratio 853:720
Profile high
Ref Frames 4
Scan Type progressive
Width 720
Display Title SD (H.264)
Extended Display Title SD (H.264)

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I’ve seen this. It’s the width which plex uses. 720 will show up as SD whereas 852 will show up as 480p.

BTW… Similar thread here Android App reporting 480p incorrectly as 576p were you can see a 480 height comes into plex as 576.

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I wish plex would pick one and go with it :slight_smile:

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