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Plex Movie StreamingJust for fun, I wanted to try out h.265 playback capabilities on my DS415+ running Plex. And no, 1080p/AAC@~8.5Mbps overloads the CPU when transcoding to my iPhone over wifi. 720p/AAC@~3.5Mbps actually seems to work even if the CPU is very busy. Guess we might have to stick with h.264 for now. Any solution?
Comparable to the precious H.264 standard, H.265 is more network-friendly for lower bandwidth needed to play videos at the same level of quality, which means that it probable to watch full HD movies/videos online more smoothly. In addition, a H.265 encoded video takes up less space, making it more suitable to be saved on devices with limited storage. To play H.265/HEVC videos on DS415+ running Plex easily, a necessary tool seems to be a H.265 Converter.
Read some other users’ feedback online, I found Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is the highly recommended for transcoding H.265 from NX1 or other H.265 video source for DS415+/Plex.
It is one of the firsts to provide an H.265 encoder/decoder for Windows and it ranks top on the H.265 converter application list. It is an all-in-one H.265 decoder, encoder, converter and player. With it, you can convert H.265 to H.264 MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, MPG, FLV, M4V as DS415+/Plex supported formats as with several mouse clicks as well as create H.265 video from non-H.265 videos. Besides, optimal presets for NLEs likeAdobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas Pro, After Effects and portable devices like Apple TV, Samsung phones or Windows tablets are provided to help you have smooth H.265 video playing & editing workflow.
Download the H.265 converter:
Tutorial: Convert H.265 Video to store on DS415+ for streaming to various devices with Plex
STEP 1. Add H.265 videos
Run H.265 Converter program, go to the menu bar, select “Add Video” button to select the H.265 files you want to import. You can also directly drag the video files to the program for conversion. It supports batch conversion so you can import multiple files at a time.
STEP 2. Choose an output format you want
Click on “Format” bar, select any format you need from the drop-down profile list. You can choose regular video formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, etc. from Common Video. Or choose format from “HD Video” to get 1080p output. If you would like to enjoy movies from DS415+ to your mobile phone and tablet like iPad, you can select a decent format like “iPad > iPad HD Video(*.mp4)” from the profile list comes with the software.
Tip:
1. Before conversion, you can go to the “Settings” to set the parameters for your movie. To compress the file size, adjust the parameters to be smaller.
2. Click Edit button and you can trim, crop or adjust the video with the built-in video editor to get the very part and effect of yoru original H.265 video as you want.
STEP 3: Start H.265 video conversion
When everything is done, click Convert icon to start transcoding H.265 files. Once you’ve liberated your movie library on DS415+, you’ll make it available for viewing on iPad Air orHDTV anytime, anywhere by streaming via Plex. Enjoy.
Quesion: Does Plex support m2ts streams natively? Why Plex media server cannot play m2ts?
“ I have several m2ts files in my movie/video folder, but they are not recognized by Plex. Is it required to convert these to an mkv or other supported format before Plex will pick them up and add them to my library? Based on a quick google search, it doesn't seem so, but I can't figure out why mine don't show up. ”By searching some Plex recently forums, we found many guys are facing the similar troubles like "MTS files not seen in Plex", "Plex won't play MTS files"... There are some reasons for it. For example, the Plex Media support has a very limited outside codec support; The m2ts files are transcoded and the Plex media player will play them; The Plex TV support is also effective to make sure that the m2ts files are converted to the appropriate formats which are usually using the .FLV extension in this regard, etc.Convert M2TS to Plex compatible format with the best M2TS to Plex Video Converter for MacIn fact, there is an easy way to fix the issue. In order to stream MTS files via Plex Media Server from Mac OS X 10.11 without problems, the easy option is to convert MTS to Plex most compatible MP4 video files. The iFastime Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is the best program in this regard which is to be used to get the best results. It can easily and quickly convert M2TS to Plex compatible .mp4 format on Mac OS X El Capitan ( Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard all included).Besides converting M2TS to Plex, this powerful video convert also can help you convert AVI, MKV, DVD, Blu-ray, etc to Plex on Mac or Windows for playback or other usages.Before downloading the Mac iFasime video converter, you can read this helpful article if you have any troubles about downloading.Free download the top video converter for Mac:
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Simple guides on converting M2TS to Plex media server on Mac OS X El CapitanStep 1. Import M2TS videosLaunch the program, click "Load file(s)" or "Add video" to load the M2TS video file you want to convert in your PC into the program.
Step 2. Select output formatClick "Format" bar and choose MP4 from "Common Video" as output format, which can be recognized by Plex easily. If your source video is in 1080p and you want to keep 1080p resolution as source movie, you can choose HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mp4) for Plex Media Server.
Tip: Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset. You’d better keep a balance with your video quality and video size. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality.Step 3. Start M2TS to Plex conversionFinally, hit the "Start Conversion" button at the bottom of the main interface. This M2TS to Plex Converter will start encoding M2TS to Plex friendly MP4 video automatically and will just take you for a while.The process will be finished soon. After the conversion, you can easily find the encoded M2TS video clips in the destination folder by clicking "Open" button. Now you can stream M2TS files through Plex to play them on your devices. Just have a try. Have more questions about how to play M2TS with Plex media server via Mac OS X El Capitan, please feel free to contact us>> or leave a message at Facebook.More Topics:
