Convert Video File Suitable for Plex Direct Play

November 9, 2024 - Reading time: ~1 minute

A command to convert a video to a format suitable for Plex directly play (no overhead transcode performed by Plex to play the video)

ffmpeg -i inputvideo.mkv -crf 18 -map 0 -acodec copy -scodec copy -c:v libx264 -threads 0 -preset veryslow outputfile.mkv