8/11/2023 0 Comments Plex vs infuse apple tv 4k![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m in the Mac ecosystem and the Apple TV 4K is by far the better option to use as a Plex client. But now, trying to use this HTPC app is more painful and less intuitive, and sadly it’s not as powerful as it should be IMO. When using crappy Roku streamers I was unable to fully understand the capability of what the high end streamers offered (Apple TV 4K or Nvidia Shield) so didn’t have a great perspective. Bluetooth headphones connect instantly and play flawless without the need to adjust anything extra if you prefer to watch silently at night without disturbing anyone. No issues with HDR or Dolby Vision on even the highest bit rate UHD blu-ray file, all codecs supported and playback is quick and smooth. My Apple TV 4K plays everything better than my HTPC (MacBook Pro or MacMini) ever could. But now I understand the initial decision and why it was really not a big deal to kill it off. I appreciate what the team is trying to do with Plex HTPC and was one of those who screamed loudly for Plex to keep an HTPC client. (Nvidia does the same 16:9 720x576 output - so probably not a driver but windows issue) The video and ui are getting displayed completely stretched across the screen. I will test this with a Nvidia gpu too and see how it´s displayed there. I think this is an “amd display driver for windows” bug that will never be fixed by AMD. (4:3 stretched to 16:9) I have no idea why, it’s the same AMD System/Gpu as on Linux. → Windows 720x576 is wrongly displayed as 16:9 on the TV. This results in black bars on all 4 sites and the actual video displaying area being even smaller. ![]() Due to Plex HTPC being hardcoded to 16:9, the 16:9 GUI is now displayed in the 4:3 resolution. → Linux 720x576 is correctly displayed as a 4:3 resolution on the TV, therefore black bars on the left and the right are shown. I´ve done some further testing on this and well I found some very interesting behavior. I have absolutely no idea too, why someone would want this. Why would anyone think this behavior in a TV is a good idea? What? If I’m understanding you correctly that sounds rather bad. Happy to test new builds and provide feedback or logs if useful. Plex Media Player on the same system works perfectly with the same media, passthrough works perfectly for AC3/EAC3/DTS sources, regular 2 channel playback works perfectly.Ĭould you perhaps take a look at the audio configuration differences between the older Plex Media Player and Plex HTPC and see what might be going on here? Assuming they both use the same underlying media player perhaps some configuration is just missed? Down mix multichannel or not makes no difference.Exclusive mode or not makes no difference.I get no sound at all from ANY video file with this configuration, be it 2 channel mp3 stereo, AC3, EAC3, DTS etc.With AC3/DTS passthrough enabled or disabled I never get any audio passthrough, receiver does not switch mode as it should.If I choose the Realtek Digital Output and select Optical it will ONLY let me choose 2.0 as the speaker configuration, but I have 3.0 with a middle channel?.If I set the audio to autoselect then I get sound during playback but only 2.0 channel and no AC3/DTS passthrough.Audio feedback in the UI works (click sounds etc).With Plex Media Player, everything works perfectly on this setup. I played that test file I downloaded via Infuse and it did play in Atmos through all my speakers including the heights.Tried this out yesterday looks nice and modern, video plays just fine. It shows this in MediaInfo: Audio ID : 2 Format : E-AC-3 JOC I downloaded what I assume to be the file you mentioned from here: Running MediaInfo on one of those files shows this for the audio track: Audioįormat/Info : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object CodingĬommercial name : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos Well, all the mp4 files I download (rips of ATV+, Disney+, HBOMax, etc) and tagged with DDP5.1, Atmos, DV and MP4 all playback in Dolby Vision and Atmos ("Atmos" is displayed on my AV receiver). ![]()
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