Plex For Android v4.8 Adds 4K HEVC (H.265) Playback Support, MKV Playback Support, And AC3 Passthrough For Android TV

by vectorzulu
watchyirc

Anyone tested this? I guess it means MKVs without transcoding? I'm gonna try to test it in a bit.

watchyirc

Doubt it. FireTV runs old version of Android. Android TV is a lot different.

skroonigan

Does. Android TV=fire TV for this update?

phdzor

i was so looking forward to use plex when i bought my shield tv, but they cant even fix one bug with subtitles, which are too small no matter what setting you use, such a disappointment, thank goddess for Kodi

proxicent

Yah, AC3 support is now completely broken with this new version on Nexus Player - plays static only. Seems the passthrough code isn't working properly yet.

And still no ASS subtitle support ... their player is so far behind Kodi's it isn't even funny ...