Plex HTPC - Setup and Tips for HDR, Lossless Audio, & More!

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Sign up for a Plex Pass: lon.tv/plexpass - Plex recently made their home theater PC (HTPC) client official and we'll take a look at its features and settings in this video. It supports HDR switching and lossless audio passthrough! More HDR info is below in the rest of the description. See more Plex: lon.tv/plexhdhr and subscribe! lon.tv/s
Additional HDR info from the Plex team:
HDR10: This works when using Windows. MPV creates a Rec.2020 swapchain in D3D11, which outputs to the display. There is a switch in HTPC’s settings to switch the display from SDR - HDR when you play HDR content.
HDR10 with Static Metadata Passthrough: One of the users in the forums has done a writeup on how to use some of the more experimental features of MPV to do HDR10 with static metadata passthrough. So the maxCLL and maxFall values from the content are sent through to the display. See forums.plex.tv/t/hdr-metadata... for more information.
VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
01:58 - Audio Settings for Lossless Passthrough
03:25 - Video Settings and Considerations
04:29 - HDR Discussion
05:29 - Client-side HDR-SDR Tone Mapping
07:23 - System Requirements
09:17 - Plex Experience
10:04 - Where to Download
10:51 - Conclusion
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@cybersco57 2 года назад

Really enjoy the monthly Plex videos....Thanks!

@Doktati 2 года назад

Hi Lon, great video with a lot of detailed information. It took me a lot of time to configure my server, clients and all componets in the chain to play every kind of video. Specally 4K lossless with picture based subtitles, Dolby Vision, Dolby True HD with Atmos Metadata. Thanks a lot for your Work!

@MarkTara 8 месяцев назад

Lon firstly love your work - very informative - an update to the PLEX HTPC - you now have to hit the DROP DOWN menu and then choose htpc - I JUST discovered this - TYVM!

@suepernatural5988 Год назад

Thank you my sound level is normal again thanks to your video. Happy new year 🎉

@69mazzz 2 года назад

I have been waiting for this one.

@nick-leffler 2 года назад

I switched my Gmail account and forgot to resub to you. I'm soooo happy I found you again. Such great content.

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

Welcome back!

@dell1032 2 года назад

4K looks great!

@LazyPCRehab 2 года назад

Now of they would allow it to work offline after we pull all the Metadata, would live to set something like this up for my internet-less grandparents.

@RBzee112 2 года назад

Triple M made a video about that. Don't know if it's available with this version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E2Dl3Gm0quA.html

@Handlebrake2 2 года назад

have you tried a lan?

@LazyPCRehab 2 года назад

@@Handlebrake2 I haven't, but I would love a simple way off doing it, my grandparents aren't very tech savvy.

@jrwagh333 2 года назад

It does work offline?

@LazyPCRehab 2 года назад

@@jrwagh333 It “can” work online, I was speaking more of them making offline use a legitimate feature.

@mrb552 2 года назад

Hi Lon! What kind of CPU is required to run the Plex HTPC client? I have an I3-4130T and AMD Radeon 6450 that runs Plex Media Server (for other clients like Android Plex mobile) and the SiliconDust DVR server and it's HTPC client just fine. However, the same computer/CPU/GPU combo barely runs the Plex HTPC client. I'm trying to understand why there are seemingly huge processing requirements over the SiliconDust DVR server and HTPC application which work fine? Thanks.

@DiazThumb Год назад

I was trying to use my Xbox Series X controller with Plex. I'm using Playnite as my front end for gaming, but for media I'm still not sure. Any suggestions for navigating through Plex with Xbox controllers? Or another software for steam big picture or playnite ? Thanks :)

@htpchtpc4140 2 года назад

Was hoping you'd go into detail about the video playback quality setting and what exactly it does. I set it to Ultra Quality and it made the CPU fan on my i5-12400 reach super sonic speed lol. It's doing something, but I didn't see much of a difference.

@prochefpos 2 года назад

Hi Lon, would it be possible to go over a common problem of how to turn on remote Plex viewing on the server on your next video about plex ? This has been a hit and miss thing from many many years ago and it still gets me to this day. My Plex was working fine remotely right up until about 2 weeks ago then all of a sudden nothing ! Thanks.

@lnchannel11 2 года назад

hello , i am having major issues with Plex . 4k hdr content doesnt play smoothly on other devices and sometimes it doesnt even play if i change subtitle . I tried passthrough option but nothing change. The only device i have that plays everything is nvidia shield . Does anybody know what to do ?

@danielangelov91 2 года назад

I'm running Bravia xf9005 with Android and the menu is completely different with 90% of the options missing ... any help would be appreciated! I can run the passtrhough from Kodi, but not from PLEX :(

@asan1050 2 года назад

Thanks

@amateurwizard 2 года назад

Nice!

@jonmayer 2 года назад

How are you getting the servers stats through the phone app? Is that iPhone only? Nevermind, just found out about the Plex Dash app. I missed that release. Very cool.

@JuanCintron 2 года назад

Thank you! Will love to see your take in self hosted Google Photos alternative using Plex for Photo and Videos or whatever other alternatives you recommend.

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

See here for home videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SSn5UhgeI8Q.html I thought I had done something on Plex Photos but it looks like not! Probably time for an update on that feature.

@deafmouse- Год назад

There is a new HDR Metadata Passthrough (experimental) feature, would be cool if you tested it

@Sydney2217 2 года назад

Plex as an App for Sony TV would be my best option .if available. I like your full disclosures .They should be compulsory for any review channels. My Kodi is crashing / fails to load without a restart & cache clean , so Plex is worth a try out .

@htpchtpc4140 2 года назад

I gave up on Kodi 5 years ago, it's not user friendly for the average person. I'd take the plunge with Plex! Been using it ever since.

@MarkTara 8 месяцев назад

is the plex htpc client still there - when i go to the site the htpc client isnt there

@xxgg Год назад

What about the remote control? What to use?

@MightyElemental Год назад

Plex HTPC is great, apart from the fact it now is crashing 95% of the time when I try playing anything. The browser version works fine. I even tried downgrading the version installed, but it still fails to work. It seems the issue started when they updated the ffmpeg version to support av1, but it always crashed after playing HEVC content...

@rodneylw10 Год назад

What specific file type does Plex use for movie file with ATMOS? MKV, mp4? As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have a mac mini with an attached USB C RAID device with my movie collection from DVD. My TV, Apple TV4k and AVR-Receiver are attached to all of this for audio. The receiver is ATMOS and 4K capable. I have been having trouble getting ATMOS from any of my movie files as I work in the higher res blu ray discs (ripping to create a movie file) working through every option on MKV and also Fab12. I am having no issues with 4K, just the ATMOS part. The Apple TV will play ATMOS from streaming services as seen on the receiver indicator light. Any idea on file type would be helpful. I also noted your response below on getting a Shield.

@LonSeidman Год назад

The Apple TV isn't compatible with the lossless audio found on the Blu Ray discs- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IVBSOsZgl6k.html

@CF542 2 года назад

I agree (from experience) that there's no beating the Nvidea Shield Pro for a potent server for playing all content.

@revtoyota 2 года назад

The PLEX HTPC client is good the one thing IMO that it is missing is mouse input for the UI.

@MightyElemental Год назад

Plex htpc has mouse support... I've been using a mouse with it for ages.

@grisehue Год назад

Nice video. I switched over to Plex HTPC recently. But i read that to get HDR 10 bit I need to use Displayport because HDMI does not carry enpugh data?And also I need minimum Geforce 1650 to get HDR in Windows. Is this true?

@wk5863 Год назад

Hdmi 2.1 can Directplay HDR10+ but 2.0 cant. So just get 2.1 and you are good to go.

@jacquesdupontd 2 года назад

wasn't there already a Windows Store app that did the same thing ?

@dean9288 Год назад

Why am I getting a see-through bar playing through video content?

@Nedski42YT 2 года назад

Lon, a big problem with this new Plex HTPC client is that is does not properly support a mouse! An HTPC with bad mouse support, how can that be? The scroll wheel does not function and there no way to use the mouse to select objects that are slightly off screen.

@brucecsnell 2 года назад

Agreed. On my computer, until the mo8use works, this is just another app not being used.

@tdmdchannel2339 Год назад

I believe that is exactly the point of Plex HTPC to use a remote control instead of a mouse and keyboard. I'm a very old plex user with an HTPC ( around 2012). They use to have a windows app called Plex Home Theater. The interface was awesome but it works only with a remote. I have the Harmony 650 remote just for that, I believe they drop that version around 2015 for the current Plex for Windows.

@Nedski42YT Год назад

@@tdmdchannel2339 I want to use a mouse with the PC/Mac app. I do not want to use a remote. It doesn't bother me if they have support for a remote. Have it there for the people who want it. There is absolutely no reason to drop mouse support in the PC/Mac version. 🙂

@edt1138 2 года назад

How did you know my son and I were just planning to set up a Plex server?

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

My mind reading antenna is working well :)

@edt1138 2 года назад

@@LonSeidman Looks like. Thanks Lon.

@hwgusn 2 года назад

Shield is fine unless you want AV01 support.

@brucecsnell 2 года назад

I have had Plex for several years so I installed this as soon as I heard about it. Until they include mouse and keyboard support, it will just be another app that I don't use.

@jjones2582 2 года назад

What IR or RF remotes would work with this? Also, I wish they would use the same design in settings across all their apps, like what is seen here. As opposed to that stupid "profile picture" design used on Android.

@balasubramani4752 2 дня назад

Cant find any option except 'Normalize Multi-channel audio' in audio section in settings. Please Help!

@balasubramani4752 2 дня назад

Got it. I was looking in the 'Plex' and 'Plex media server' software. But all these options are displayed only in 'Plex HTPC' software(which can be downloaded from Plex site). Hope this helps someone like me ;)

@oldaccount7463 2 года назад

Really looking forward to the day that jellyfin surpasses plex in terms of reliability and clients.

@rodneylw10 Год назад

I am not happy and need help. I keep buying suggested equipment but cannot get it to work. I just got a Mac Mini M2 this week. I also have the latest Apple TV hardware but cannot play any ATMOS from a file. I have Plex with about 800 movies on a RAID backup system. Additionally I continue to fight with Plex over Plex media server versus Plex HTPC. I need help.

@LonSeidman Год назад

Generally PCs and Macs are hit and miss with output. Best option is to have an Nvidia shield as your client.

@mycowsaysmeow 2 года назад

Xbox series s is good enough to do 4K?

@MrTBoneSF 2 года назад

Even a last gen Xbox One S was 4k capable for video (just not for games). That's why it came with a UHD drive.

@HausOfPain Год назад

What's the point if the TV has a built in PLEX app?

@LonSeidman Год назад

TV's can't send lossless audio to audio receivers over ARC.

@HausOfPain Год назад

@@LonSeidman I’m using a Sonos Amp via ARC. Just tested some FLAC audio files and it’s showing DD 2.0 on my Sonos app. Is it being compressed?

@AlfredAMedina 2 года назад

Works great - However I can't get ATMOS to pass thru

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

Yeah I've found not all mini PCs support lossless audio passthrough and few list that capability in their specifications.

@AlfredAMedina 2 года назад

@@LonSeidman yeah, it's weird because Atmos movies I play using the Microsoft player work

@RMD80GAMER 2 года назад

It would be nice is PLEX made a PLEX OS Server

@DropTopAsh718 2 года назад

Why not just use the plex app on the tv itself? Why is a separate device better for using plex?

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

This is for people that want to use a home theater PC.

@DropTopAsh718 2 года назад

@@LonSeidman so if i have a home theater with a smart tv using the plex app on the tv is fine too? or are there any benefits for me to grab a separate device to run it off?

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

@@DropTopAsh718 Nvidia Shield is the best experience if you are streaming high bitrate /lossless / HDR content. The TV app is a bit more limited.

@NinjaGizmo 4 месяца назад

NSF!!!

@reg83ny 2 года назад

This is better than Kodi

@Eva_H 2 года назад

I’m curious, has anyone run the HTPC client on a Mac studio M1 Ultra just for shits and giggles? How did you find the performance? Even though yes, I would definitely say it’s over over over over kill 😂

@gudenau 2 года назад

Isn't the shield kinda dead? I suppose eBay might be a good place to look for one.

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

No they are still being sold get the 2019 version for Dolby vision compatibiiityn

@chebrubin 2 года назад

@@LonSeidman Plex server should be buried. It had a purpose 10 years ago when storage was expensive. Not today. Raw rip of media is perfectly fine we don't need transcribing. No HTPC Windows OS supports Dolby Vision.

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

@@chebrubin "you" don't need transcoding but "we" do. I make use of it quite a bit especially when traveling.

@chebrubin 2 года назад

@@LonSeidman I get it you are paid by these guys. But with monthly subscriptions and 1 terabyte tablet storage. Plex is a relic of history. Belongs in a Smithsonian collection circa 2005

@LonSeidman 2 года назад

@@chebrubin Most who buy get the lifetime subscription and are done. It sounds like you're good with what you have and that's great. But others use Plex and value the content.