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

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.

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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[cybersco]

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

[LazyPCRehab]

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.

[MarkTara]

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!

[JuanCintron]

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.

[prochefpos]

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.

[Doktati]

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!

[edt]

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

[htpchtpc]

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.

[CF]

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

[xxgg]

What about the remote control? What to use?

[DiazThumb]

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 :)

[jonmayer]

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.

[MarkTara]

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

[rodneylw]

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.

[deafmouse-]

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

[revtoyota]

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

[jacquesdupontd]

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

[dean]

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

[NedskiYT]

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.

[balasubramani]

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