They would much prefer you bought a disc of some kind or a betamax tape. They don't even love the idea of making their hardware streamable - hence limited codecs. Sony has never really embraced streaming for Home users unless they can control the content - hence Crackle. You'd be better off with a better player, even a Chinese Beelink does a great job, but any of that costs some $$ or choosing another device you already own. If you absolutely need to playback on a PS5, then you need to adjust your content to what the PS5 can most easily play. That's not, and never had been a Sony device. So, if you have a server that can play 4K, but not transcode picture or sound very well, you'll need a beefy player that can handle the most codecs and do it in direct play.

Your environment and your gear are your choice. On the server side, you can run it on practically anything.

Plex tries to accommodate as many players and hardware as it can. Don't use it, don't try to fix what sucks inherently. And otherwise, yeah, the PS5 app sucks and has for a long time. PS5 lacks compatibility with a lot of otherwise standard formats. Codec or specific container might matter. What is the way forward to help Plex fix this, or is there a known workaround now? Too many conflicting threadsĮdit: Couple of useful points I got from others. And you can find thread after thread of people experiencing this. The issue is basically the same regardless of resolution - same amount of buffering trying to direct play a 4K file, or a direct play 1080 file, or a transcoded file down to like 4 megabit 720. If it doesn't crash, it buffers every few seconds occaisonally for half of the movie, shows the buffering symbol, and then sometimes just plays fine despite no change in quality being streamed. The app constantly crashes during playback, while buffering. I can transcode 4K files to any resolution, to any device in my home, wired or wireless.Įxcept my PS5. The server can direct play 4K files to my wired Shield TV, or even a wifi Chromecast. My PS5 is direct Ethernet to my gigabit switch, which is 10Gb to my server. Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules Latest Regular Threads: No Stupid Q&A: Tool Tuesday: Build Help: Share Your Build: Submit Troubleshooting Post Files not showing up correctly?

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