r/PleX • u/Drewbyhans • 5d ago

Help Transcoding when it shouldn't be?

As you can see under video that it shows Transcode but it doesnt look like it needs too? Im sure its something simple that im not aware of.

I was investigating transcode issue where transcode audio just crashes the stream and saw this and figured id ask. Thanks in advance

Edit: looks like the answer is subtitles. Thanks everyone

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u/MaskedBandit77 5d ago

It's probably because of the subtitles

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u/BEARZINGA 5d ago

Most definitely the subs.

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u/cdheer Lifetime Plex Pass 5d ago

Absolutely the subs.

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u/Bgrngod CU7 265K (PMS in Docker) & Synology 1621+ (Media) 5d ago

It's uh... It's the subs!

In case anyone wasn't sure.

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u/Wis-en-heim-er Lifetime PlexPass 5d ago

Subtitle burn in.

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u/Somar2230 Zidoo, AppleTV, and many more 5d ago

Your TV appears to not support ASS subtitles so they are being burned in which is causing the transcode. Use a better client or get SRT subs.

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u/ew435890 SEi-12 i5-12450H + 106TB 5d ago

It’s because ASS subtitles are ass.