My point was you were assuming to be a bug, so its good to see you now agree that it said:Ĭlearly you’ve gone and done your reading now on how it works, though you might want to try again with what I wrote, and clarify what you are expecting me to read, as nowhere have I claimed it being a device limitation - I know how it works. Ok, maybe that makes it not a bug, but it’s a problem that can be solved but Plex chooses not to.Ĭlearly you’ve gone and done your reading now on how it works, though you might want to try again with what I wrote, and clarify what you are expecting me to read, as nowhere have I claimed it being a device limitation - I know how it works.

The plex app requiring transcoding on the server side because it uses the built in iOS media player is purely a software limitation.

It looks like you need to do a little more reading there buddy. If you are expecting Plex to work like VLC, then it isnt for you. In other words, if VLC app can direct play it there’s no reason the Plex app can’t do the same.ĭude, just read more and stop making assumptions - at least ask questions about the answer you’ve already been given if you dont understand it. This seems like a bug with the iOS Plex app since the VLC app can direct play MKV files just fine so it’s definitely not an iOS device limitation. If the container is MP4 then it direct plays just fine.

After a little more research it seems there’s an issue with the iOS Plex app always transcoding MKV files no matter what.

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