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Why is HDR in Plex such a chore while it is no problem on VLC?
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No i am not talking about the player as hw accell and hdr conversion runs on the server itself
The server is not bulletproof and in my experience plex ran better for me than jellyfin.
The player does have a large effect on both those things. A player that supports the codec will not need server hw accept and hdr conversion as it will direct stream. A big issues is these codecs can cost money. So if the player doesn’t come with it the player needs to pay for it, something plex may be doing for those that purchased their subscription.
Also i find that the speed of scanning, getting metadata, accuracy of linking metadata and files, the whole music section is lacking on jellyfin comparing to Plex
Still I prefer jellyfin as its free and open source and it does what I want it to do. But in my experience Plex did all of this way better, faster, more accurately and reliable.... And jellyfin music category is outright unusable compared to plex
I am talking solely about the server side, not the player side.
Obviously a good functioning player will not need hw accellerated transcoding or hdr conversion. But sometimes that's simply neither possible or feasable. Some hardware simply cannot properly transcode all formats, or don't allow for installation of a player that can do that. Sometimes i watch a movie on my laptop while being connected to my phone mobile hotspot and using wireguard to phone home, i don't want to direct stream a full movie in hdr and 1080p 40mbit/s... i want the server to transcode it properly.
So to conclude - i am talking about serverside, not playerside - stop assuming the person you are talking with doesn't know what they do simply because you think you know better.