Awesome review bro, really informative

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro!

Surely your video was the best explained I found. Talking about passing quality is so narrow, not many people care about all that, so how to get the maximum quality out of your equipment. My doubt is. I have an Acer i7 with gtx1650 and I like to transmit my movies via HDMI cable to my LG C2, using kmplayer or the native windows player. But my question is, which is the best source of quality? PLEX or DIRECT HDMI CABLE from laptop? And finally, if the lg tv's native player was compatible with all types of codecs and videos, (which unfortunately it isn't), would you use the external hard drive connected directly to the tv? I believe this is the ultimate form of video quality, no hdmi cables or plex streaming. What do you think? thanks

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Anything direct is always gonna be better than streaming. You won’t(shouldnt) get any buffering issues. There is a PLEX MEDIA PLAYER for windows and Macs. Its basically a PLEX app for desktops and laptops and it works pretty good. And as far as the LG with no native app, an external hard drive would be the best. You just wont get the pretty album art or info.

Hi great video! Does the Plex Server or Client use more processing power? I just started using Plex so I'm using a midrange laptop as my server and a PS4 Pro as my client which is connected to my 4K TV. I tried playing an uncompressed 4K remux with transcoding turned off. As expected it could not play the file, and showed the message "Not enough CPU for conversion of this item". Now I'm considering getting an Nvidea Shield Pro. My question is, should the server be replaced or the client? Perhaps both? I'm unsure what the limiting factor is. Thanks!

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion the PS4 is gonna be the bigger prob. The PS4 will pretty much have to play downsampled content. Plex doesnt take a lot of CPU power UNLESS you need to transcode. In that case you will need to upgrade to a better computer with more processing power. You could buy a shield and use it as your server and client. The Shield has a PLEX server baked in. I did that for a while but eventually went back to a custom HTPC for the best experience.

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching!

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

Also an Nvidia Shield will direct play anything, so if you want to wait to upgrade your PC, you should be able to direct play from your laptop to the shield, but at some point I would highly recommend upgrading your PC as well

I use a Zapitti Reference series player that i one to one copy to an Unraid NAS box and it's amazing. The only time i will use plex or infuse on the apple tv is if it's late at night and i want to use my Airpods Pro

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

I might get a chance to demo a Zappiti from a subscriber soon. What software do you use to rip?

@dveastridge

Жыл бұрын

Oh nice, you’ll love it. I use DVDfab and sometimes makemkv for copying/backup. I never rip, I like the disc in it’s entirety

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

@@dveastridge oh you do .iso?

@dveastridge

Жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy No, I like the BDMV folder structure. I have tons of storage so I am currently copying my several hundred 4K and Blu-ray’s to the NAS

@hatoraidcowboy

Жыл бұрын

@@dveastridge Ah ok yea Zappiti’s are great for BDMV so you get the full disc. Just takes up more space. How much space you working with?

Hello, we have the same version of Nvidia Shield Pro from 2017. I also play my ripped Movies from my NAS thru a gigabit network. are you also encountering playback and movie timeline tracking issues for movies with TrueHD7.1 track? Since the recent update of both the Shield and Plex app, I was having that problem.

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@Jonathan Aguilar Thanks for watching! Its funny you mention that, I just started noticing in the last week that some of my files with Dolby Atmos have been having major playback issues. Let me do some more testing and get back with you.

Great vid. Ok, I have an Oppo 203. So can I run my Apple TV or Shield into the oppo and benefit from the oppo processing? Meaning audio pass through via the Oppo?

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@Sotirios Rebelos Thank you!! And yes you can! You can plug any streaming device or video source/player into the Oppo 203 to use the Oppo’s video processing, and it will still pass through the audio uncompressed.

@sotirios666

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy I’ll try this. I’ll just run my Apple TV 4K into my oppo. Hopefully the best of both worlds. About to set up a Plex server for the first time. I’ll use Apple TV 4K as the client, run into the oppo. I’ll report back!

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@sotirios666 Sounds great! Setting up a PLEX server is fun! Just a disclaimer though, the Apple TV doesnt support bistream for Dolby Atmos & DTS:X(Apple limitation) So if you’re planning on ripping your discs with those formats, it won’t work on the Apple TV. It will for streaming but not local media. And if you’re using the Oppo’s HDMI in for the advanced video processing, you may experience audio drop out issues switching from movies with Dolby Audio to movies with DTS audio. But report back and let us know!

@sotirios666

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy Aw gotcha. I misunderstood you. I thought running into the oppo would pass through the audio with no issue.

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@sotirios666 Yes it definitely will pass the audio. But Apple TV has limitations at no fault of the Oppo. However, it could just be my unit, but when using the HDMI in on the Oppo, using an Nvidia Shield I was able to pass through ALL audio codecs. But I noticed that if I was watching a movie with a Dolby track and then switched to a movie with a DTS track or vice versa, the Oppo would lose audio for whatever reason. And I would have to reboot the Oppo by unplugging the power cable. A normal reboot didnt work. But try it and let me know if you get the same issue. Could just be my unit.

Roku. It allows offline. What do u do when your internet goes down for hrs or even a day.nvidia also down offline

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been able to get Plex to work offline

Has Apple fixed the audio passthru of Dolby atmos ?

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

Nope :-/ I’m starting to think they might not ever do it. Its more than capable, absolutely no reason for them not to enable it.

@communitythemecreator

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy PIcked up a Shield Pro yesterday, good call btw!! dolby vision and atmos audio super simple setup. In less than an hour i should be setting up my Mac Studio as a plex server, so it'll be interesting to see how that will perform versus my current iMac

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@communitythemecreator The Shield is hands down the best Plex Client. I havent found anything that can match or exceed it. And I have the 2017 version. Cant wait to see how the Studio handles Plex!

@communitythemecreator

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy I agree with you, it may not be as pretty as the Apple TvOS interface but it’s functionality and support far exceeds TvOS

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@communitythemecreator Agreed. That’s why if Apple ever offers Audio Passthrough Apple TV will be my #1 plex client.

XBox one/series x are not good Plex clients IMO. They have had issues direct steaming many 1080p and 4K mkvs in my experience. I like the nvidia shield the most in my home theater and am using an old desktop as my Plex server and storage (24TB)

@hatoraidcowboy

2 жыл бұрын

Yea Xbox has come a long way but it’s still glitchy. I hardly use Plex on xbox. I think it’ll only continue to get better. 24 TB is a lot lol I’m about at 19-20 right now. But I agree, Desktop Plex server & Nvidia Shield is the best 1-2 combo for the best experience.

@ZombiesRus5

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy 2 8 and two 4 TB. It kinda became a pandemic hobby burning every dvd, blue ray and then adding 4K releases over the last two years. My tower had plenty of room for drives and who uses a tower any more so it became a good use for older hardware.

Just got invited to a friend's Plex server and turns out apple TV can't do Dolby Atmos with Plex, seems crazy to since it works just fine with everything else he uses a Nvidia Shield Pro and it seems like that's what people with Plex severs use.

@hatoraidcowboy

9 ай бұрын

Yea Apple TV is jank with that. PLEX on Apple TV could be the best version if Apple gave us bitstream for local content.

@Edward135i

9 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy Just Apple being Apple

@hatoraidcowboy

9 ай бұрын

@Edward135i Yup smh

A. Mime gusta plex

Does plex support Atmos?

@hatoraidcowboy

11 ай бұрын

Yes! And DTS:X

@keepitshema

11 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy thanks you:) what format you rip discs? I assume if to mkv I will not get the posters and extras on plex?

@hatoraidcowboy

11 ай бұрын

I use MKV, but you can also do MP4. Plex posters will be downloaded as long as Plex recognizes the file format of the movie or tv show.

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I use Emby.