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I recent got a new chromecast 4K. I’ve installed the plex app and tried playing a movie I have that is 1080p, 12.2Mbs, and it is was horribly pixelated, like it was too low bitrate. It was set to direct play.

I tried the same movie on my Sony android tv and it was crystal clear.

It’s not buffering at all and is direct playing, so it’s not a bandwidth issue. Any idea what the issue could be or how I can debug this?

The movie was sin city and has a lot of black and white so the pixelation is very noticeable

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I ran into this on my Roku TV (TCL) and optimizing it in Plex worked wonders. It's kind of a pain because it's an extra step and clutters your server drive a bit, but it solved the problem. Interestingly enough, I've had absolutely no problem with Plex on my Shields app, and haven't bothered to optimize anything.

So that's my advice. If you play with the settings you can even pick what type of device you're optimizing it for. Try a few and see if any of them do the job