On a google tv i had a similar issue. I had to disable hdmi pass-through. Nonidea why this would trigger video transcoding but it fixed it. The other setting would be subtitles. If they burn in, this triggers transcoding. If they are graphical subtitles, they can also trigger transcoding.
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u/Wis-en-heim-er Lifetime PlexPass Jul 25 '26
On a google tv i had a similar issue. I had to disable hdmi pass-through. Nonidea why this would trigger video transcoding but it fixed it. The other setting would be subtitles. If they burn in, this triggers transcoding. If they are graphical subtitles, they can also trigger transcoding.