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Crone
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Figured that out the hard way. hahaha! Was an interesting read for a second before I filtered it for just TV and Movies.
Crone
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So I have an old Ps4, that isn't capable of 4k. Is Plex able to over-ride that and stream 4k from the Plex app? If not, is my only option for playing 4k downloaded content through a USB stick until I upgrade my PS4?
Edit: Also, how do you know if its a good 1080p rip? Given I was watching VHS quality before, I'm not too proud to step down to 1080p, but apparently there are good and bad? Is it strictly file size? @Void @jeydax
Edit: Also, how do you know if its a good 1080p rip? Given I was watching VHS quality before, I'm not too proud to step down to 1080p, but apparently there are good and bad? Is it strictly file size? @Void @jeydax
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Jysin
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Your first gen PS4 can't output greater than 1080p (hardware issue). Plex or Netflix apps (software) make no difference if your hardware (your PS4) can't output 4k.
If you have a smart TV, you can likely put those apps on it and run it directly from your TV in 4k. Though, I am not familiar with Plex. I use Kodi.
If you have a smart TV, you can likely put those apps on it and run it directly from your TV in 4k. Though, I am not familiar with Plex. I use Kodi.
Crone
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I'll see if LG has a Plex app for their TV. I know that it has Netflix and Hulu. It's not the end of the world, if I have to continue to transfer stuff through a USB.
Abefroman
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I figure this is as good a thread as any to ask this question. When using radarr or sonarr, is there a way to make it wait for a 1080p bluray with atmos? I know you can use prefered tags but I would rather just blacklist all blurays that don't have atmos.
Crone
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So LG has the plex app. So I'm thinking it can stream 4k. Will have to try.
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Crone
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If when I start playing the file, plex says it's 4K, but the tv picture options don't let me choose HDR standard, is it still 4K?
Ossoi
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Hdr will only display on the TV if the file is hdr.
4k is the resolution, HDR is the colours
Crone
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Oh, they are seperate. I didn't realize. So there is 4k and 4k hdr?
Thanks Ossoi for answering so many questions as I make the jump from VHS to 4k!
Ossoi
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yes, best way to try it is to upgrade your netflix account to 4k. Some of their 4k content is just 4k resolution, some of it is 4k HDR, some of it (I think) is 4k Dolby Vision which is another type of HDR, I think your set will support this.
When you start playing a HDR item then your TV will say "HDR enabled"
spronk
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getting plex to support real HDR is tough, as in most plex players don't decode 10 bit (HDR) or 12 bit (Dolby Vision) streams, they just toss the extra 2-4 bits. Thats why I never liked transcoding solutions, you lose information as it converts from source to destination, I prefer something that plays the source files raw with no converting. With plex you are technically depend on the media player on your TV, so I thiiiiink Kodi does 10 bit HEVC (265) with HDR correctly over a plex source server but I'm not sure.
Most newer TVs do DLNA so you can just run a basic DLNA server and it should work fine too. I don't know what a basic DLNA server is though, I think simpleDLNA works
Thats why I just have my PC directly hooked up to my main video TV, it plays all HDR correctly over MPC-HD (VideoLAN won't play atmos since its not a opensource codec) and on my living room TV I just stream off amazon fire, my wife can't tell the difference between SD and 4k so just regular 4k streams without HDR is fine.
Most newer TVs do DLNA so you can just run a basic DLNA server and it should work fine too. I don't know what a basic DLNA server is though, I think simpleDLNA works
Thats why I just have my PC directly hooked up to my main video TV, it plays all HDR correctly over MPC-HD (VideoLAN won't play atmos since its not a opensource codec) and on my living room TV I just stream off amazon fire, my wife can't tell the difference between SD and 4k so just regular 4k streams without HDR is fine.
If your PC can do all those things it can do so with Plex as a direct stream option. It will only transcode when it doesn't detect the options the original file has.
Crone
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Well he's partially correct. I tried playing Star Wars last night and it wouldn't play saying it was missing a codec. Will check server settings, but it shouldn't be transcoding when on same network.
Plex will transcode on same network depending on the device capabilities. As it should.
It's either transcode or refuse to play.
I don't suggest that anyone use Plex if they aren't doing something remote (in or out) or if they only have one device. Use Kodi then.
So my kids each use a Roku and I use an Apple TV 4. Different capabilities all around. I would need to handbrake all my media to the most common format possible or use Plex so I use Plex. I also have all media on a remote server in Seattle so Plex it is. I used to have it all local and the kids didn't have a TV, that's when I used Kodi.
Crone
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All of my media is local, and there are multiple devices. I've just used Plex for a really long time. For my VHS quality SD content, its been fine. When I tried to play Star Wars at 4k, is the only time I've seen it tell me that it couldn't play it due to no codec.