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> I've used plex for a number of years and it's "fine" but they keep spending time developing things I don't want and ignoring things the community would like

I've stopped using it at home because it keeps on wanting to transcode files for me even if I configured it not to and having gigabit ethernet. And it destroys my server's CPU doing so since I'm not that rich to have a spare video card around.

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That's because you put files in that are in formats no browser can play. Next time, try obtaining h264+AAC in mp4 container instead.

this!

if you want your media to be playable basically everywhere, use h264/AVC.

sure a hvec-file would be about half the size but who cares?

Even HEVC works depending on the client support; for example, I stream h.265/HEVC to my 4K TV and it decodes it just fine. (Which makes me wonder what formats the OP has things stored in that plex has to transcode, or what client device they're using)

Most anime releases are 10-bit h265/HEVC in Matroska container with ASS subtitles (which are a huge mess anyway and should stop being used), which isn’t supported anywhere at all.

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