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    so why is it that my nvidia shield pro can play 4k content with plex no problems, but yet my z11 max pro cannot without it trying to transcode within plex. I am just so confused as to how this issue started way back with Z8 and apparently still has not been addressed. I know people say to use plex via kodi or plexkodiconnect or revert back to a specific version of plex, but in all honesty that just seems unacceptable to me. How is it that nvidia can make it happen, but a box dedicated to these types of things is basically rendered useless with 4k in plex. Please someone help me to understand this.

    Probably because nvidia marketed nvidia shield's as plex media server box so probably when nvidia devs update firmwares they actually care about plex enough to test it and make it ready to use in most cases, but if you go to "n" forums you will see how many bugs plex has on nvidia shield.

    Use Kodi for now and probably disable audio passthrough, from my experience kodi is more stable that way on z11...For me the only problem with Kodi is that it doesn't respect the resolution i'm in, if i have auto frame rate enabled it changes from 1080p to 4k and for 1080p movies that's stupid because it will waste z11 resources for nothing...but for 4k movies kodi is good enough on z11 as is the only one for me that it will do 23HZ and 24HZ correctly with AFR enabled, pitty it changes 1080p movies to 4k making z11 do the upscale...

    But MOL3 does it better, so in Z11 if you want to watch movies/series use MOL3 VODS from your provider as it will play FHD movies in the resolution you choose in settings. For the rest you better use nvidia shield, a fire stick or something else if you don't like Kodi on Z11, but at least try...

    Edited once, last by z11pronotmax (April 24, 2023 at 11:47 AM).