The plex profile on a Chromecast is therefor set to 1080p, h264 and support for a few audio encoding and. Your Plex server automatically adjusts (transcodes) your media files to the appropriate resolution for whatever client you’re using and whatever bandwidth you have available. Long story not short Plex uses profiles ( with config/criterias that decides if Direct Play or transcoding should be used ) for connected devices, Chromecasts identify themself as 'Chromecast' no matter version. You can only use the Chromecast with Google TV as a Plex client, not a Plex server. it may be your wireless bandwidth getting saturated by the larger amount of data needed for direct streaming. Using Plex on the Chromecast with Google TV Let’s get one thing out of the way first. Increased service time ms will tell you how hard your drive is working. If you have any type of instrumentation look at your network utilization for both, look at your local drive and system drive response times in ms (if you have two different drives) and thruput on the drives. Transcoding hits your proc and memory harder but will move less data over your network and transcoding will do more buffering as well so it would also be less hard on your drive. Direct play will usually use more bandwidth than transcoding depending on your source. I have a similar server setup and direct stream 1080p (8-bit) H.265 files to my Chromecast Ultra fine. Is this 4k content? What does your proc look like with direct play on your plex server? It could also be your hard drive is not fast enough direct streaming or your network. The only time I have stuttering is if I am writing to the array while a stream is active, but that's a bug in the UnRAID version I run. So far, here's what I tried : -TV firmware and apps are up to date.-CCwGT firmware and apps are up to date.-4K direct stream on Plex on the TV's OS runs smooth.-4K direct stream on VLC on the TV's OS runs smooth. I tried a few things but I can't find a solution. Is both your video and audio direct play? I have also had atmos sound transcoding kill/buffer a stream as well. After the update, 4K direct stream is laggy. Plus, I want to conserve the CPU usage for the low power Roku and users with low bandwidth cap that can't direct play. I have also had subtitles bork the hell out of things sometimes. And I don't wanna completely disable transcoding since HEVC/x265 can't Direct Play in Chrome and not everyone would be willing to use the Desktop App. Some devices dont like direct play with some codecs. Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules However, it’s worth noting that the December Chromecast update did fix that, so Dolby Vision promises to be much improved.Latest Regular Threads: No Stupid Q&A: Tool Tuesday: Build Help: Share Your Build: Submit Troubleshooting Post Files not showing up correctly? When he did the review, the Chromecast couldn’t play Dolby Vision. However, you’d need to jump up to the NVIDIA Shield or the Roku Ultra to get those features. Like most Plex clients, the Chromecast with Google TV does not support Dolby Atmos or a proper passthrough. If you’re serious about using Plex on a daily basis, I highly recommend subscribing to his channel. I’ve highlighted a few things he discovered and included my thoughts below. No benchmark will accurately test every scenario, so a lot depends on your personal setup.īite My Bits did a fantastic review of several popular Plex clients, including the Chromecast with Google TV. Performance is subjective, especially for media players. Plex Performance on the Chromecast with Google TV Still, live TV performance is more than acceptable over Wi-Fi. Here’s where a gigabit Ethernet connection would help, but out-of-the-box, the Chromecast with Google TV only connects via Wi-Fi.Īn Ethernet adapter is available through Google, but at $20, that puts the Chromecast in a higher price bracket, and there are better options once you get to that level. That part depends mainly on your home network and Internet speed. Once the video starts, Plex takes a few seconds to figure out the best resolution. Navigation was smooth, and I didn’t find any more delay with the Chromecast than with any other streaming client.
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