Properly getting Plex to DirectPlay/stream to Shield TV

by Zelius

I'm not sure this is the right place, but I figured most of you would be using Plex, whereas not many redditors at the Plex subreddit would be on Android TV.

I'm trying to get Plex to stream the original file to the Shield TV, without transcoding. I can get Plex to stream smaller files (1 - 2 GB) without issues, but it tries to transcode my larger files (around 6 GB). The codecs seem to be identical, so that's probably not it.

Kodi with PleXBMC runs everything fine, but I prefer Plex' leanback UI. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Andrroid

Can you tell us what settings you have set in the Plex client on the Shield?

Additionally, can you post the file media info? I use mediainfo to get this.

And finally, your bandwidth?

planetearth80

I would love to know as well....in my experience, mp4 files with h.264 typically work without transcoding.

GambaKufu

If you can't get Plex to work, there may be a Kodi skin that replicates the Plex UI, or an alternative one that works for you (the default skin on Kodi is terrible IMO).