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Plex Profiles

Info

Here you will find a collection of profiles you only should use if Plex has issues direct playing your media on your devices, these profiles could help but results might vary.

The profiles aren't tested on the Shield 2019 or newer Chromecast models ⚠

How to

To make use of the profiles you need to add it in your your plex folder

Docker

Example paths:

  • Hotio's container: /appdata/plex/Profiles
  • LSIO container: /appdata/plex/database/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Profiles or /appdata/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Profiles

Profiles

Tip

If you got some to share, pls make a PR so we can collect them at one place

Android Shield

Please name the file: 
    Android-SHIELD Android TV.xml
Shield Profile 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Client name="SHIELD Android TV">
  <Identification>
    <Header name="User-Agent" substring="SHIELD Android TV" />
  </Identification>
  <TranscodeTargets>
    <VideoProfile container="mkv" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac" context="streaming" />
    <MusicProfile container="flac" codec="flac" id="StereoMusicTranscodeProfile" />
    <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
  </TranscodeTargets>
  <DirectPlayProfiles>
    <VideoProfile container="mkv" codec="vp9,hevc,h265,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="eac3,ac3,aac,mp3,mp2,pcm,flac,alac,truehd,dca" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="mp4" codec="hevc,h265,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="eac3,ac3,aac,mp3,mp2,pcm,flac,alac,truehd,dca" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="asf" codec="wmv3,wmv3,vc1" audioCodec="wmav2,wmav2,wmapro,wmavoice,pcm" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="avi" codec="h264,msmpeg4v3,mpeg4,mjpeg" audioCodec="mp3,ac3,eac3,dca,pcm" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="mpeg" codec="h264,mpeg1video,mpeg2video" audioCodec="mp2,mp3,ac3,eac3,aac,pcm" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="flv" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac,ac3,eac3,mp3,pcm" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="mpegts" codec="h264,mpeg2video,vc1" audioCodec="mp2,mp3,ac3,eac3,dca,pcm" subtitleCodec="srt,ass,smi,ssa,subrip,pgs"/>
    <VideoProfile container="wtv" codec="mpeg2video" audioCodec="ac3,eac3,aac,pcm"/>
    <VideoProfile container="3gpp" codec="h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="aac,he-aac"/>
    <MusicProfile container="mp4" codec="aac" />
    <MusicProfile container="mp3" codec="mp2,mp3" />
    <MusicProfile container="flac" codec="flac" />
    <MusicProfile container="ogg" codec="vorbis" />
    <MusicProfile container="ac3" codec="ac3"/>
    <MusicProfile container="wav" codec="pcm"/>
    <PhotoProfile container="jpeg,gif,bmp,png" />
  </DirectPlayProfiles>
  <ContainerProfiles>
    <VideoContainer name="mp4">
      <Limitations>
        <Match name="part.optimizedForStreaming" value="1" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoContainer>
  </ContainerProfiles>
  <CodecProfiles>
    <VideoCodec name="*">
      <Limitations>
        <UpperBound name="video.width" value="3840" isRequired="true" />
        <UpperBound name="video.height" value="2160" isRequired="true" />
        <UpperBound name="video.bitDepth" value="10" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoCodec>
    <VideoCodec name="h264">
      <Limitations>
        <Match name="video.profile" list="baseline|main|high" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoCodec>
    <VideoAudioCodec name="aac">
      <Limitations>
        <UpperBound name="audio.channels" value="8" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoAudioCodec>
  </CodecProfiles>
</Client>

Chromecast

Please name the file: 
    Chromecast.xml
Chromecast Profile 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Client name="Chromecast">
  <!-- Author: xtrap225 -->
  <TranscodeTargets>
    <VideoProfile protocol="http" container="mkv" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac,mp3" context="streaming" />
    <MusicProfile container="mkv" codec="opus" />
    <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
    <SubtitleProfile container="ass" codec="ass" />
  </TranscodeTargets>
  <DirectPlayProfiles>
    <VideoProfile container="mp4" codec="Hevc,h265,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="aac,mp3,mp2"/>
    <VideoProfile container="mkv" codec="vp9,Hevc,h265,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="aac,mp3,mp2,pcm,flac,alac" subtitleCodec="srt,ass"/>
    <VideoProfile protocol="hls" container="mpegts" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac" />
    <MusicProfile container="mp3" codec="mp2,mp3"/>
    <MusicProfile container="mp4" codec="aac"/>
    <MusicProfile container="flac" codec="flac"/>
    <MusicProfile container="wav" codec="pcm"/>
    <PhotoProfile container="jpeg,png,gif"/>
  </DirectPlayProfiles>
<CodecProfiles>
    <VideoCodec name="h265,Hevc,vp9">
      <Limitations>
        <UpperBound name="video.width" value="3840"/>
        <UpperBound name="video.height" value="2176"/>
        <UpperBound name="video.bitrate" value="75000"/>
      </Limitations>
    </VideoCodec>
    <VideoCodec name="h264,mpeg4">
      <Limitations>
        <UpperBound name="video.width" value="3840"/>
        <UpperBound name="video.height" value="2176"/>
        <UpperBound name="video.bitrate" value="75000"/>
        <UpperBound name="video.bitDepth" value="10" />
        <UpperBound name="video.level" value="42" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoCodec>
    <VideoAudioCodec name="aac,mp3">
      <Limitations>
        <UpperBound name="audio.channels" value="2" />
      </Limitations>
    </VideoAudioCodec>
  </CodecProfiles>
</Client>

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