WHATS THE BEST TYPE OF FILES FOR PLEX?

ashtonjay

Just so i can transcode through handbrake any films that plex may have issues buffering whats the best type of file for Plex?

is direct play better or not?

cheers fellas

mij

H264 with AAC and AC3, direct play is best.

ashtonjay

cheers pal

ashtonjay

is there a section in the plex settings to select Direct play or will it do it automatically after its transcoded
im assuming its my nas that transcodes not the nvidia sheild that in play it through?

bubblegum57

The way I understand it, is, if the movies is compatible with plex it won't need to do any transcoding.

In plex itself, you can make the movie compatible, but this takes a couple of hours.

I looked at my shield settings, but cannot find one to change to direct play.

If I play a film, & there is a problem, click on it, then settings, you can then select video quality, try lowering it.

For example, I am playing a movie, It's playing ok, it says video direct play, audio transcode reason TrueHD audio is not supported by this device. BUT, I think, if you have a receiver that plays TrueHD it would not need to transcode.

I have bought MRMC, £3? that play more audio codes, not sure which ones.