Subj : Re: Sale on Plex Pass
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Nov 27 2025 09:05:13

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Sale on Plex Pass
 Ni>   By: Gamgee to niter3 on Wed Nov 26 2025 10:10 pm

 Ga> Yes, I understand what you're talking about.  I don't have the Pass, and
 Ga> likely won't.  I only use the server for in-the-house stuff, no remote
 Ga> access or transcoding requirements.  This lets me run it on non-premium

 Ni> Are you sure about the transcoding?  I found that sometimes it might
 Ni> transcode when you don't expect it to.  For instance, if your player
 Ni> device doesn't have a good connection for some reason, it might decide
 Ni> to transcode to a lower bitrate to conserve bandwidth (even if you're
 Ni> on your local network, if your player is connected via wifi, it may
 Ni> randomly have connection issues due to wifi).  Or if you sometimes like
 Ni> subtitles and the subtitles are in a graphic format (such as PGS/SUP),
 Ni> then Plex will need to transcode the video to put the subtitles in.  I
 Ni> usually convert the subtitles in my videos to SRT, which is a
 Ni> text-based format, and that avoids transcoding when using subtitles.

Well... not completely sure, but it seems to work well, and the hardware 
has no fancy GPU in it.  All players (Roku) and the server are on wired 
ethernet, so Wifi is not a factor.  Haven't ever seen any videos with 
external graphical format subtitles.  I do use subtitles a lot on 
Turkish TV shows, but they are "embedded" into the vidoes (mp4/mkv) 
already and seem to work automagically.



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