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Plex and 4K- How to Get Plex to Play All 4K Videos

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Does Plex Media Player have support for 4K? The answer is Yes. Whereas, there are more than one guys complained that Plex can't detect and play 4K videos correctly. What's the matter? What caused the issue? Well, in this article, we will explain the reason as well as the solutions to play 4K in Plex without hassle.

Actually, Plex Media Player supports playback of 4K video files using the H.264 (AVC) codec in most containers, so long as your computer is powerful enough to decode it. If your 4K videos can't be played well in Plex, the problem might be your server. Our guess is that your server isn't powerful enough to remux 4k on the fly and therefore it's constantly buffering/lagging. What' more, some other 4K files in MKV, MXF, MPG, etc format won't be supported by Plex natively. An ultimate solution to playing 4K videos from Plex with no buffering is to transcode and compress the 4K videos to Plex most compatible format.

In consideration of ease at use, conversion speed and output quality, Brorsoft Video Converter is absolutely outstanding. It is a professional 4K to Plex converter, which can convert any 4K videos including 4K MP4, 4K MKV, 4K H.265, 4K MOV, 4K AVI, etc to Plex friendly formats. In addition, it allows you to customize settings to trim, crop, adjust effects, add subtitles for input videos or adjust parameters (bit rate, frame rate, resolution, codec and more) to get a decent video. With this best video converting software, you can open and play 4K videos with VLC effortlessly as you like. For Mac guys, try Video Converter for Mac.

Download 4K to Plex converter:

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Guide: How to Convert 4K Files for Playing via Plex Natively

Step 1. Add 4K videos

Launch the 4K to Plex converter. Drag the 4K videos to the software. Or you can also click "Add" button on the top of the main interface to import video to the program. It supports batch conversion and joining multiple video clips into one file.

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Step 2. Select output format

Click "Format" and choose H.264 MP4 from "Common Video" as output format, which can be recognized by Plex easily.

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Tip: Click the Settings icon, you can adjust video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc., in that way, you can take charge of the size and quality of the output files.

Step 3. Start Conversion

Click the "Convert" icon under the preview window to start converting/compressing 4K to H.264 MP4 for Plex streaming. After the conversion, click "Open" to locate the output videos. Then, it would be easy for Plex to read and play the 4K video clips. Enjoy.

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