This stuff may seem a bit complicated, but it’s actually pretty simple.
Let’s pretend that you’ve got a bunch of 4K movies on your Plex server.
If several transcodes occur simultaneously, everyone will have trouble streaming from your server.
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(Of course, 1080p movies should rarely experience transcoding with these updated default tweaks.)
But your friends and family can change their remote streaming quality to “direct.”
Here’s the problem; sever owners need to tell everybody to change this setting.
Realistically, Plex should make default remote streaming quality a server-side setting.
(Yes, there is a server-side setting thatlimitsremote streaming quality.
There needs to be one that sets a default quality for client devices.)
There are some arguments against this functionality.
But Plex could mitigate the problem by offering tweaks tobothserver owners and clients.
Again, this is a helpful update.
Plex is making a real and notable improvement to its service.
But for many server owners, this is just a Band-Aid that fails to solve a larger problem.
