I wondered if anyone can answer on the 4k capabilities of the FireTV using MrMC as front end for Plex. I did have one briefly a year ago, but ran Plex tests for a few days then took it back due to too much transcoding (N40L low powered server can't transcode, so all my media is in mp4 format). I'm hoping that MrMC+Plex (totally genius idea BTW) might get closer to HTPC utopia. I tried these out on an XBox One S using Plex, not great results.
h.264 4k mp4 video (XBOneS + Plex = transcodes = fail)
h.265 4k mp4 video (XBOneS + Plex = DirectPlay = OK (though sometimes transcodes on exact same file!)
iPhone6S/7 mp4 4k video recording (XBOneS + Plex = transcodes = fail)
How do these formats fair using MrMC to direct play from Plex server? TIA
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2. No, they really are not supported.
3. They are not coming back
4. Read from 1. again
Any mention of illegal streaming sites, addons or any pirated material will not be tolerated. This is not democracy and any offenders will be banned and posts deleted immediately without warning.
Other than that, we hope you enjoy MrMC so far and we welcome any input and feedback you might have.
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How does FireTV+Plex perform on 4k formats?
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convertapple
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Re: How does FireTV+Plex perform on 4k formats?
I have now got hold of a FireTV and it does play back iPhone 6+/7 4k video recordings in 4k fine, only device that does AFAIK. The normal 4k.h265's play back fine too, as do 1080p.h265's.
MrMC on Fire is a bit crashy, when going via AV amp + hdmi splitter. I suspect an 'only on play' option to minimise TV refresh rate changes when using the adjust display refresh option would help with this. So only adjust display refresh rate when media is played that doesn't match current setting. So when media stops or MrMC is first run just leave it at current settings (as long as suitable for U.I. display). The continual changing when videos start/stop seems to cause it to bale out to FireTV homescreen a fair bit.
MrMC on Fire is a bit crashy, when going via AV amp + hdmi splitter. I suspect an 'only on play' option to minimise TV refresh rate changes when using the adjust display refresh option would help with this. So only adjust display refresh rate when media is played that doesn't match current setting. So when media stops or MrMC is first run just leave it at current settings (as long as suitable for U.I. display). The continual changing when videos start/stop seems to cause it to bale out to FireTV homescreen a fair bit.