Still no way to set a default version of a movie, right?
Still no way to set a default version of a movie, right?
Before I even start let me say that I know the suggestion is to put 4k into it own library...
99% of my movies are 1080p and that is my preference for space and quality balance. However, there are a few choice movies that I'll want a 4k version of. I would rather my users get defaulted to the highest non-4k version but then have the option to select a different version if they were savy enough to do that.
Feels like it shouldn't be a terribly complicated feature. Have a "include x quality in default version selection". Or hell for my random case use if I could just manually reorder them I'd be happy.
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What has worked for me is to add the 4k version of the movie to my library. Then use the Plex Optimize process to pre-transcode a 1080p version. Then the user can select the … menu and they will see “play version” It seems some clients will surface the “pick version” menu anytime they click play but some won’t. Whenever I get a new 4k movie I optimize it until remote people have watched it and the I usually get rid of the optimized version. I also do it when I download a copy of the movie for offline playback (which believe it or not does work successfully….sometimes. But better than the never it was for a long time)