Every 4K file I’ve tried with Plex just simply transcodes. Even if the hardware iIplay it on supports it. Which leaves me to think I’ll have to wait for yet another update from Plex.
When the file is played with the “Movies & TV” app the files plays without a hitch, but as soon as I try the same file through the Plex app it fails horribly. Refuses to use DirectPlay and transcodes the file instead. And fails because the server is far from powerfull enough.
What’s going on? What is holding Plex back here?
Both server and Xbox is connected by gbit ethernet.
I am having the same issue. The HEVC file has a TrueHD stream and an AC3 5.1 stream. Selecting the AC3 stream, the audio direct plays, but the video get transcoded to x264.
However the “Movies & TV” app can direct play that file from the Plex server without any transcoding.
The App doesn’t support HDR Currently its being looked at, MS have locked down things like Atmos to only AAA Games and the Blu-ray app, not even Netflix or amazon have access to Atmos on the Xbox.
The Xbox One S & X can both play 4K HEVC files just fine but the Audio needs to be in AAC or AC3 (AAC is far more compatible on the XO) anything like DTS-MA, Atmos, Dolby-HD etc will courses plex to transcode the file as the Xbox will refuse to play it.
@morpheus2n2 said:
The App doesn’t support HDR Currently its being looked at, MS have locked down things like Atmos to only AAA Games and the Blu-ray app, not even Netflix or amazon have access to Atmos on the Xbox.
The Xbox One S & X can both play 4K HEVC files just fine but the Audio needs to be in AAC or AC3 (AAC is far more compatible on the XO) anything like DTS-MA, Atmos, Dolby-HD etc will courses plex to transcode the file as the Xbox will refuse to play it.
@morpheus2n2 said:
The App doesn’t support HDR Currently its being looked at, MS have locked down things like Atmos to only AAA Games and the Blu-ray app, not even Netflix or amazon have access to Atmos on the Xbox.
The Xbox One S & X can both play 4K HEVC files just fine but the Audio needs to be in AAC or AC3 (AAC is far more compatible on the XO) anything like DTS-MA, Atmos, Dolby-HD etc will courses plex to transcode the file as the Xbox will refuse to play it.
@morpheus2n2 said:
The App doesn’t support HDR Currently its being looked at, MS have locked down things like Atmos to only AAA Games and the Blu-ray app, not even Netflix or amazon have access to Atmos on the Xbox.
The Xbox One S & X can both play 4K HEVC files just fine but the Audio needs to be in AAC or AC3 (AAC is far more compatible on the XO) anything like DTS-MA, Atmos, Dolby-HD etc will courses plex to transcode the file as the Xbox will refuse to play it.
Well, not for me. Only 4K I can play is AVC.
HEVC with AC3 sound buffers every 30 sec due to transcoding. Not one single HEVC file have I’ve been able to play, on the S and the X.
Is it something with the DLNA profile I have to change? Will subs like Pgs or srt make it transcode?
@morpheus2n2 said:
The App doesn’t support HDR Currently its being looked at, MS have locked down things like Atmos to only AAA Games and the Blu-ray app, not even Netflix or amazon have access to Atmos on the Xbox.
The Xbox One S & X can both play 4K HEVC files just fine but the Audio needs to be in AAC or AC3 (AAC is far more compatible on the XO) anything like DTS-MA, Atmos, Dolby-HD etc will courses plex to transcode the file as the Xbox will refuse to play it.
@mbarylski said:
Yep, wasn’t that long ago though. Maybe only a month or 2.
That explains it, I know for the longest of time its was locked down for App’s so its good that MS have started to open the core system up more for App to utilise
HEVC with AC3 sound buffers every 30 sec due to transcoding. Not one single HEVC file have I’ve been able to play, on the S and the X.
Is it something with the DLNA profile I have to change? Will subs like Pgs or srt make it transcode?
I think its more to do with the New app, as on the Old Plex App my HEVC files would play just fine with Direct Play/Stream, When looking at the Known issues it seems for a few of the Issues your asked to turn Direct Play off so that says to me they broke something between apps
The Xbox One X models are capable of playing content at a 4K output resolution. Native playback of 4K content is supported so long as it meets the following criteria:
Resolution: 4096x2160 or smaller
Video Encoding: H.265 (HEVC; both 8-bit and 10-bit) and mpeg4
The content is being Direct Played
No subtitles are enabled
Tip!: If you have 4K content with a different encoding (such as H.264), it cannot be played at 4K and will instead be transcoded down to a maximum of 1080p.
@emma24xia said:
The Xbox One X models are capable of playing content at a 4K output resolution. Native playback of 4K content is supported so long as it meets the following criteria:
Resolution: 4096x2160 or smaller
Video Encoding: H.265 (HEVC; both 8-bit and 10-bit) and mpeg4
The content is being Direct Played
No subtitles are enabled
@DomBlack said:
I am having the same issue. The HEVC file has a TrueHD stream and an AC3 5.1 stream. Selecting the AC3 stream, the audio direct plays, but the video get transcoded to x264.
However the “Movies & TV” app can direct play that file from the Plex server without any transcoding.
Is this true? I’ve tried the Movies & TV app multiple times to stream UHD rips over DLNA from windows media DLNA server and it definitely doesn’t work. I’ve not tried the Plex DLNA server though since i heard only NVidia Shield TV can direct stream 4k HDR over plex
@“jordi.ferez@gmail.com” said:
resume:
XBOX ONE X + NETFLIX —> Atmos + HDR working well
XBOX ONE X + PLEX —> Mkv only works HDR + Dolby 5.1 (same Mkv on PC works Atmos + HDR)
I think Direct Play is not support yet in PLEX for XBOX ONE
MKV is a sample of dolby ATMOS , only one audio track , on my AVR the ATMOS is not detected
@DomBlack said:
I am having the same issue. The HEVC file has a TrueHD stream and an AC3 5.1 stream. Selecting the AC3 stream, the audio direct plays, but the video get transcoded to x264.
However the “Movies & TV” app can direct play that file from the Plex server without any transcoding.
Is this true? I’ve tried the Movies & TV app multiple times to stream UHD rips over DLNA from windows media DLNA server and it definitely doesn’t work. I’ve not tried the Plex DLNA server though since i heard only NVidia Shield TV can direct stream 4k HDR over plex
Same goes for me, Movies & TV app on the Xbox can direct play HDR ripped movies but Plex can’t.
