To stream 4K media from a Raspberry Pi, you'd need to make sure the content is always in a codec supported by your playback device, and you'd need to never try to watch those 4K files on a screen that can't play in 4K. Plex can detect this and automatically transcode to a format the player can handle, so you'd need to transcode to watch those files on those players. Most devices can play H.264 MP4, some can handle other formats, but a lot of media you find is in an mkv or other file format that your smart TV or android device or whatever might not support. Server-side transcoding is necessary when streaming to a player that either doesn't support the codec of the source video file or wants to play it back in a different quality/resolution/bitrate than the source (either for bandwidth reasons or because the TV/display has a lower resolution than source). Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules

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