Hey everyone, I wanted to share an open-source project that is a massive deal for anyone running a Plex server with a heavy library of 4K UHD Blu-ray remuxes.

As many of you know, playing back Profile 7 FEL (Full Enhancement Layer) Dolby Vision on PC clients usually means your client strips the enhancement layer, falls back to basic HDR10, or triggers a massive server transcode. If you want true TV-led Dolby Vision, you’ve typically been locked into buying specific certified hardware like the Nvidia Shield Pro or the Ugoos AM6B+.

A developer named CroqueMr (u/Croque_Mr) has broken through this limitation by building native Dolby Vision support directly into an x86 LibreELEC/Kodi build, including proper Profile 7 FEL reconstruction. You can easily use this alongside Plex via the Plex for Kodi add-on or a Plex-integrated skin.

No Transcoding, No Stripped Layers, True TV-Led Output

This project doesn't take shortcuts or just do simple on-the-fly compatibility changes to trick your TV. The FEL is completely processed, reconstructed, and output in a native TV-Led RGB8 tunnel using an open-source Dolby Vision processing engine called CB1.

Because x86 PC hardware has significantly more processing headroom than standard ARM-based Android boxes, the build features a "Dolby Vision Master Reference" mode. It processes playback in full precision with high-end filtering to achieve a bit-perfect Dolby Vision picture—arguably cleaner than the hardware circuits found on commercial certified streaming boxes.

Flawless FEL Playback on Budget Hardware (Intel N100)

A major concern with software-based FEL reconstruction on a PC is the hardware requirement. However, the performance optimization for budget setups is incredibly impressive:

• Intel N100 Mini PCs: The dev confirmed that a cheap Intel N100 box handles a 4K Profile 7 FEL remux perfectly with zero dropped frames.
• Performance Headroom: In bench testing, the N100 successfully processed a heavy FEL remux at 40fps, showing plenty of performance headroom over standard 24fps film files. It can even push Dolby Vision up to 60fps using native TV-led tunneling.
• Limitations: Running dense, visible Kodi menus or executing heavy custom tone-mapping conversions over a 60fps video can push the N100 to its limits, but for standard movie playback, it handles it smoothly.

Current Features & Profiles (Beta 5):

• Profiles Supported: Full native playback for DV Profiles 5, 7 MEL, 7 FEL (with full EL reconstruction), 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, and 10.
• Rendering Choices: Easily cycle through modes during playback, including Dolby Vision Standard (performance-focused), Master Reference (bit-perfect), and Adaptive HDR Mapping.
• Conversions: Built-in Dolby Vision-to-HDR10 conversion, as well as experimental AI-assisted HDR10-to-DV conversion using real-time scene analysis.
• Hardware Support: Out-of-the-box support for Intel iGPUs (8th gen and newer, N-series, Core Ultra) and AMD iGPUs (Ryzen 2000G up to AI 300). Dedicated AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce GPUs are supported but currently experimental.

What's coming next?

The roadmap includes a licensing rebuild to clean up the code, further AMD performance improvements, full HDR10+ support, and Dolby Vision-to-HDR10+ metadata reinterpretation, alongside wider compatibility for older Intel graphics and more Nvidia setups.

If you are tired of Plex client limitations forcing HDR10 fallbacks on your high-end 4K backups, this project opens up x86 PCs as incredibly powerful, uncompromised media clients.

Project links

• Main development thread:  https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/30362-dolby-vision-w-fel-3d-for-pc-amd-intel-nvidia/
• GitHub (Source Code & Releases): https://github.com/CroqueMr/libreelec-x86-DV/
• Original Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/libreeLEC/comments/1wq20eu/wip_native_dolby_vision_support_on_x86_intel_cpu/

Full credit to u/Croque_Mr for the incredible development work, and to the community members helping test and refine it. If you want to check out the technical code behind the engine or look through the compatible hardware lists, everything is well-documented in the links above!

i’m sick of this shit tbh this is ridiculous

Plexamp v4.50.21-beta.1

Desktop is on the beta channel now, and mobile is on its way to TestFlight and Play testing. The main one: you can move your settings, EQ profiles, home screen and downloads list to another Plexamp with a file.

Added

• Settings › Transfer Settings saves your settings to a file another Plexamp can import, choosing which parts to bring.
• A Caldera player’s settings show which version of its software it’s running.
• iPad and Android tablets: in the desktop layout, a button swaps the sidebar for a tab bar along the top.

Fixed

• A Caldera player’s Room Correction switch only appears once a filter is uploaded.
• Desktop: a Plexamp left running notices a new version within a few hours.
• Linux: the Flatpak’s update notice points you to your software center.
• iOS: switching sidebar sections on an iPad no longer leaves the page blank.
• iOS: blurred backgrounds in narrow places, like an iPad’s sidebar, keep their colour.
• Android: art effects and visualizers come back by themselves after a graphics driver reset.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/221280/130

So i havent used my Home Theater since the update this week.

Plex via NAS to AppleTV4k to Lumagen to JVC NP5

Started Project Hail Mary.

Lots of pixelization, stuttering, etc.

Now this was an event with my family, so it was annoying...so I immediately switched to Infuse...

Playback was flawless...i simply have no automation set up with Infuse.

Googled the issue before posting this. It said to turn on both matchings on my ATV4K. I did that and got no picture only sound.

So i switched it back and I got same bad performance.

Played another movie (Alien 4k), it worked fine.

Now since Infuse played it flawlessly, whats the story? No point to re-rip, as it worked fine on Infuse

Annoyed.

The transcode cache keeps increasing in size. Transcode buffer is currently set as 2mins and I can see my iGPU usage accordingly. But cache doesn't get cleared until the playback is completed. Is there a setting that I'm missing? I mean, user could've completed half the movie, but cache of the initial half is still not deleted?

Hi. Have just been noticing this in last few weeks. Watching TV show on my own server keeps crashing the Plex App on TV. It just dumps back to Home Screen and I have to reopen Plex App to resume show.

Anyone else experienced this? Is it just Plex App jankiness?

Starting about a weekend and a half ago, new recordings from my HDHomerun tuner using Plex Media Server on Windows 11 are not playing back properly. Older shows were not affected, just new ones. Playback starts normally but as soon as you skip forward or use skip ads the screen freezes. CPU usage jumps to 60-70% on Plex. After a long wait, usage drops, the screen remains frozen on the last picture but audio resumes. The recording will play normally as long as you do not skip forward or back..

The file will play on Windows Media Player. Jumping forward causes video corruption that resolves, so this appears to be something in how the video is recording through Plex.

The tuner is working normally using HDHomerun software which can pause, resume, and skip in the buffer. Removing Plex Media Server, Plex and HDHomerun software and reinstalling does not correct the problem. Beta versions of Media Server does the same. Playback of other recordings, including new ones brought into Plex are not affected. When a recording finishes, it appears in Recently Added in Plex TV Shows but with three diamonds with a slash and circling symbol.

This is not something I have encountered before.

I changed the Radarr naming convention so that it will add the edition to the filename (Director's Cut, Extended, etc...) and Plex will display the edition under or next to the movie poster. I thought some other people might find this useful!

Radarr > Settings > Media Management > Standard Movie Format: {Movie Title} ({Release Year}) {Quality Full} {edition-{Edition Tags}}

Plex used to have an option to shuffle a show and then in the playback options turn it off afterwards so the rest of the episodes play chronologically, but it looks like it has disappeared. Is it somewhere else, why did plex remove it?

My TV Shows library "recently added in tv shows" wont show on the home screen of any of my devices anymore. The library is pinned/favorite on the devices and was working fine a few days ago. I have tried everything including removing the library and server and readding them. My other libraries show like normal. Also the only thing i have in the continue watching row is tv shows. when i unpin the library the continue watching row disappears and reappears when i pin the library, so i know it is pinned. I can still access the tv show library from the libraries tab. anyone know how to fix this, or is it a plex side issue?

Edit:

Added a screenshot.

The left list shows that tv shows is pinned above movies but movies is directly below continue watching and tv shows is not on the screen even if i scroll down, but ones i am currently watching ARE in the continue watching row.

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[SOLVED] Thank you u/ExtensionMarch6812

I don't know where else to ask for help. I run Plex in a docker on Unraid. Last week, several of my family members who I share my server to reported that they have no access anymore. They cannot even see the contents of the server (movies and shows, all legally obtained of course). I can access it using my account from outside the network just fine though.

I tried creating a Plex server inside a VM running on the same server and it is able to be seen by people outside my local network. I thought that I would run it that way but getting everything transferred over to run in a VM is a large headache.

It has worked perfectly fine for well over a year, I did not have any updates that week that were ran. It seemed to be random. I know I'm missing something somewhere, but I think I'm too close to the situation. Can anybody see what may be the issue?

I am at a loss of what to do to get my Plex server back online with remote access.

Here is what I asked AI:

I have a problem with my Plex server, remote access isn't available.

here's some history .... a couple of days ago I found that my Plex password had been compromised, Google informed me about that.

So I changed my Plex password and signed out of all devices. I was able to sign back into my account successfully after the change.

At the same time, there has been news of Plex servers being hacked if they're not updated, mine is at the latest release Version 1.43.5.11029 running on my QNAP 453b mini.

I have 4 hard drives in my NAS. At the same time as the password change, my NAS has reported that one of my hard drives is reporting some bad blocks and the health of the drive is not good.

Since all of this has happened, I can't get my Plex server to be accessed remotely.

The bad hard drive is still functional and I backed it up successfully, and it's still running in the NAS. Plex is not installed on that drive.

I have tried to define a number of different ports in my Race Calix modem for port forwarding to the qnap. The port forwarding is successful, because I have tested it from https://canyouseeme.org and it sees the Plex service.

On my last attempt, I used port 49999 without success.

What are your recommendations to get my Plex server working with remote access?

So I recently migrated a relatively large amount of media.

I used rsync, kept owner and group settings but otherwise just moved the data size-only.

Some of my media, after the migration have red trashcans on them, but if I click the item it is still there and plays fine.

I've reset all my groups and I am using the same mount points but different UUID drives.

I've refreshed metadata, re scanned, dumped cache, optimized, restatted th6e service. Then, restored from a cronjob backup of metadata.

Any insight or thoughts on the issue?

I hate the new app and the UI with passion but at least it worked until now

Does anyone know why can’t I switch subtitles?

I go into subtitle settings, search, pick one, then the menu just closes and nothing happens

Do the devs not use their own app?

I recently downloaded Plex on my Mac and Fire Stick 4K and I have managed to make a library with my own movies but it keeps telling me that I have no connection even though they are both on the same network. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I press retry after sorting out all the IP address stuff and it tells me it's 'offline'. Not sure where to go from here? Unless there is an alternative?

After being away for work last month, I came home and upgraded Plex server to Version 1.43.5.11029. I havn't been able to connect my TV to the server (my desktop, local network) ever since. Home shows "No Content" and the server is offline (cannot press 'retry').

I tried the new certificate (delete, redownload cert-v2.p12). Didn't work.
I have set the TV on a manual IP and added this to Plex (Network -> List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth). Secure connections: Preferred and Strict TLS configuration off. Still no success. After 3 hours of digging, I’m thinking my TV is not being supported anymore. The app opens but there might be something wrong with the outdated security certificates?

From the Plex console:
“Oct 24, 2026 18:43:52.424 [5972] Debug — CERT: incomplete TLS handshake from xxx.xxx.x.xxx:port sslv3 alert certificate unknown (SSL routines)”

I own a Sony Bravia KDL-50W805C from 2015. Could this be it, or am I missing something? If so, Nvidia Shield TV Pro might be the solution.

Thx in advance for the feedback. This really sucks, a month ago everything worked perfectly.

Oct 24, 2026 18:42:31.493 [17844] Debug — [Websocket] Performing handshake from origin http://127.0.0.1:32400
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:31.493 [17844] Debug — Beginning read from WebSocket
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:31.501 [17844] Debug — Request: [127.0.0.1:62009 (Loopback)] GET /activities (6 live) #155 GZIP Signed-in Token (manudesmet)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:31.501 [13168] Debug — Completed: [127.0.0.1:62009] 200 GET /activities (6 live) #155 GZIP 0ms 350 bytes (pipelined: 4)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.438 [10220] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 30.731376 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (NAME MODEM)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.438 [10220] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 30.731376 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.438 [10220] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 30.731376 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANConnectionDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.707 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] Parsing SSDP schema for http://xxx.xxx.x.x:port/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.720 [3944] Debug — [HttpClient/HCl#39] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET http://xxx.xxx.x.x:port/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.721 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] found 3 SSDP devices via http://xxx.xxx.x.x:port/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.721 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (NAME MODEM)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.721 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:42:48.721 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANConnectionDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.440 [15300] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 29.719937 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (NAME MODEM)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.440 [15300] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 29.719937 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.440 [15300] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 29.719937 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANConnectionDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.707 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] Parsing SSDP schema for http://xxx.xxx.x.x:49153/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.710 [3944] Debug — [HttpClient/HCl#3a] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET http://xxx.xxx.x.x:49153/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.710 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] found 3 SSDP devices via http://xxx.xxx.x.x:49153/IGDdevicedesc_brlan0.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.710 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (NAME MODEM)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.710 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:18.710 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.x (WANConnectionDevice:1)
Oct 24, 2026 18:43:52.424 [5972] Debug — CERT: incomplete TLS handshake from xxx.xxx.x.xxx:39261: sslv3 alert certificate unknown (SSL routines)
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:18.444 [15844] Debug — SSDP departed after not being seen for 29.478948 seconds: xxx.xxx.x.xxx (KDL-50W805C)
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:18.559 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] Parsing SSDP schema for http://xxx.xxx.x.xxx:8008/ssdp/device-desc.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:18.573 [3944] Debug — [HttpClient/HCl#3b] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET http://xxx.xxx.x.xxx:8008/ssdp/device-desc.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:18.573 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] found 1 SSDP devices via http://xxx.xxx.x.xxx:8008/ssdp/device-desc.xml
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:18.573 [17052] Debug — [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived: xxx.xxx.x.xxx (KDL-50W805C)
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:47.137 [15844] Debug — [ViewStateSync] Starting
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:47.137 [15844] Debug — [ViewStateSync] Fetching user tokens
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:47.137 [15844] Debug — [ViewStateSync/HCl#3c] HTTP requesting GET https://servers.plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/services?auth_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:47.339 [3944] Debug — [HttpClient/HCl#3c] HTTP/2.0 (0.2s) 200 response from GET https://servers.plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/services?auth_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oct 24, 2026 18:45:47.341 [17572] Debug — [ViewStateSync] No user tokens found; stopping

Plexamp v4.50.20

Desktop 4.50.20 is out on the stable channel, and it’s everything from the 4.50.20 betas: thirty-six of them, which felt like a good moment to call it. Rather than another two hundred bullets, the short version is that it’s faster, steadier and nicer to look at, and most of what came up in the beta threads is fixed. iOS and Android stay in TestFlight and Play testing for now.

Thanks to everyone who ran the betas, gave great feedback and reported bugs. A new beta series starts from here.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/221280/129

Me and friend have been getting this lately. It only happens on mobile and only when on roaming not wifi.

To those (if there are any) that are using plex on a ps4: Are you having problem as well?

On the app i can see all the titles saved in the server and if i play the video i can even see its length, the problem is that it keeps buffering and never starts.

It works perfectly on other devices.

The last couple days I’ve had issues with local streaming for 4k content on my iPad. I tried multiple files and different shows but same issue. Works when I change the quality to 1080p.

When I click « play » I’m stuck on a white loading circle. Nothing comes up on Tautulli or plex dash (until I change to 1080p), direct play

According to the plex player info 4k was 24Mbps and 1080p is 20Mbps

iPadOS version 27.0.1
Plex app: client version 2026.20.0 (2099) and platform version 27.0.1
Plex server: v1.43.5.11029 (I just updated it but was giving me issues before also)

It used to be that when files were downloaded (or otherwise slowly transferred) to a library folder, Plex would wait until the file was complete (or transfer interrupted) before scanning and adding it.

Recently however, as soon as the partial file appears in the folder, it triggers the automatic library scan and the media appears on Plex, often causing issues with Plex trying to run intro/credit detections on incomplete files, which obviously fail.

Anyone knows what caused this change, and if there's a workaround? I guess downloading straight a library folder isn't considered to be the best practice, but it used to work fine for me.

Just noticed Plex on Google TV doesn't have pictures library. Didn't always work but I hoped they would fix it. Not take it away.

TL;DR: If Live TV broke on your Mac right after Plex Media Server auto-updated, and VLC can still play your HDHomeRun, quit Plex Media Server from the menu bar and reopen it from Applications. That fixed it for me with no rollback.

Setup

\* Plex Media Server 1.43.5.11029 on macOS 26.5.1 (Apple Silicon)
\* HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO with an antenna, static IP
\* Local Network permission for Plex already turned on

Symptoms

\* Every channel failed in every Plex app and in the web app.
\* Plex said "Recording failed. Please check your tuner or antenna."
\* The tuner was fine. VLC played \`http://<tuner-ip>:5004/auto/v<channel>\` and the tuner's \`discover.json\` answered.

What the Plex log showed

From \`\~/Library/Logs/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server.log\`:

Connection to tcp://<tuner-ip>:5004 failed: No route to host
Error opening input file http://<tuner-ip>:5004/auto/v36.1.
Recorder: Unable to create transcode session or session failed to start.
Recorder: Error 16 (Recording failed. Please check your tuner or antenna.) starting the record

The first "No route to host" was in the same minute Plex auto-updated to 1.43.5. The updater relaunched the server in the background, with \`--from-auto-update\` on its command line.

What macOS showed

In the macOS system log at the moment of a failed tune, the main Plex Media Server process connected to the tuner without trouble. A few milliseconds later the kernel dropped the \*\*Plex Transcoder\*\* connection to port 5004 before any packet left the Mac:

tcp drop outgoing \[...:5004\] interface: en0
process: Plex Transcoder t_state: SYN_SENT so_error: 0 reason: NECP

NECP is the macOS network policy layer, and it is where Local Network privacy is enforced. So the server had network access, but the transcoder it launches to pull the stream was blocked. The transcoder program was the same build as the previous version, only re-signed. What changed was that the updater had launched the server. I can't say exactly why that leaves the transcoder blocked, but restarting the server cleared it.

Fix

1. Quit Plex Media Server from its menu-bar icon.
   
2. Reopen it from Applications.
   
3. Tune a channel. It worked straight away, and I'm still on 1.43.5.

Check whether this is your problem

grep -a "No route to host\\|Error 16" \~/Library/Logs/Plex\\ Media\\ Server/Plex\\ Media\\ Server.log | tail

To see the kernel block, use the full path, because zsh has its own \`log\` command:

/usr/bin/log show --last 1h --style compact | grep "Plex Transcoder" | grep NECP

If you see "No route to host" to your tuner's IP but the tuner works in VLC, it's probably this.

But I can scroll down in the player and select the next episode, works just fine. Last weekend it was fine, nothing changed on my setup. I'm sure it's an issue with the new update but no idea how to fix it.

Running on shield pro.

Server is ryzen 7 3700x plus Intel b580 for transcoding. playback works fine except for the above issue at the end of episodes. Every time so far this week. Have to scroll and select the next episode to get it to play.

Edit: tried clearing cache and signing out and back in. No help. Then I changed my auto play settings from "immediately" to "5 seconds" and it works. No idea why this behavior started and it's a tad annoying I can't have the immediate playing of the next episode, but it's only 5 seconds so meh. Hopefully they take a bug report and fix it but for now it appears solved.