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I have found a lot online about remuxing to MKV, but less and less on going from MKV to MP4. What software would be best? I don't feel as though I need to encode my MKV files so I'd like to just swap containers. Any recommendations?

I edited my post prior to your response. I know plenty about them so no worries there 😜 Yeah now that you mention it that way, I'd have to agree (funny how I didn't think of that before). I mean, my HTPC is clearly capable of playing mkv files so I'm not entirely sure why that would be...

Thanks for the response. That's the major feature of plex. It's all about organizing and streaming to your devices. I have not tried changing the container type cause it shouldn't really matter. Alternatively, if I could compress the file without losing too much quality, I could just transfer...

Plex transcodes on the fly so it's automatically designed to transcode videos. I'm using my HTPC so I know the containers are supported (mkv being the one I'm using now). I'll look into Emby and see if I can get it to work. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing difficulties with plex.

I kinda looked into Emby, but I guess it's the fact that it's personal now between plex and I (well that and my girlfriend wants things as simplistic as possible). I'd like to try the UPnP with Kodi, and I'm sure I could make it easy to use, but I'm not sure if that'd be best.

Sorry I'm typing on my phone...not buffering i.e. it doesn't download any data prior to playing the movie (layman's terms: it doesn't play a movie period).

Hey man, thanks for the reply. I aim to stream via wifi in our place to reduce the number of cables. I know wired is always preferred but I'd like to stick to minimizing cables as much as possible. I want to be able to watch my movies on our HTPC, which are currently stored on my main rig.

I understand HTPCs require patience and work, however, my girlfriend is not one to enjoy things requiring patience. Initially, I had plex working flawlessly on my desktop (more than powerful enough to run 4 simultaneous 1080p streams) to stream to my HTPC (desktop has plenty of space whereas my...

Yeah I feel like an idiot. I completely forgot about the UPnP

They just announced the release date for the new Fire TV, ICYMI

From what I remember, 1150 and 1155 are not compatible so definitely check a different CPU/mobo. As to which one is changed? That depends on you. Personally, I would search for an 1150 mobo, but that's because it's newer and you can typically get CPU/Mobo bundles for solid prices (microcenter)...

It's local and I guess I've just been lucky in that regards. I'll check out Emby then. Is it free? I just want a relatively intuitive interface for the girlfriend hahaha.

The host and the HTPC are both windows and I found out that the cache on the web app (HTPC) was set at 10%. I bumped it up and the videos load much better and my CPU's usage finally goes up. While running Kodi, the Host computer doesn't recognize Plex running (as I'm guess it's due to Plex...

Hey sorry I didn't see this post! Gimme just a little bit since I'm at work right now. Maybe someone else could help in the meantime? If not, I'll do some digging and get back to you. Off the bat though, the 970 is quite the beast and it'll certainly be able to run ~50 fps, especially at that...

I have a more than capable desktop that has my Plex server on it; however, when I try to stream the movies to Kodi (or the Plex app) on my HTPC the movie starts to play and then says the cache is full/freezes and flickers the word cache/caching. I keep looking online to figure out what I need to...