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Lon Seiben's video, sponsored by Plex, details recent updates enhancing Plex's functionality on Xbox platforms, specifically focusing on HDR video playback from personal libraries and passthrough audio for formats like Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD without transcoding. Seiben demonstrates the necessary setup on various Xbox models, including Xbox One S, One X, Series S, and Series X for optimal 4K and HDR10 media playback, though Dolby Vision support is not yet available.
The video provides a step-by-step guide to configuring Xbox Series X and S for media, including TV 24p mode, passthrough audio settings, and optimal Plex settings like direct play and display mode switching. Highlighting these configurations, Seiben uses examples like the 4K HDR Blu-ray "The Last Jedi" to show frame rate adjustments and HDR10 activation.
Dolby TrueHD audio pass-through is successfully demonstrated without transcoding or intervention, using an Atmos-compatible receiver. The video also showcases smooth playback and upscaling for 1080p Blu-rays and live TV content on Plex, emphasizing new functionalities like frame rate, color space switching, and passthrough audio not available in earlier evaluations. Despite the lack of Dolby Vision support, the video underscores significant improvements for Plex users on Xbox.
Seiben concludes by inviting viewer feedback, teasing more Plex content in future videos, and encouraging audience support through financial contributions and subscriptions to the channel.
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In this segment, Lon Seiben introduces the monthly sponsored video from Plex, focusing on recent improvements in Plex’s functionality on the Xbox platform. Key enhancements include the ability to play HDR video from personal libraries and the addition of passthrough audio for formats like Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD without transcoding. Seiben demonstrates the setup on an Xbox One S, the minimum required specification, but clarifies that the One X, Series S, and Series X also support these features for 4K media playback. He navigates through the Xbox settings to ensure proper configuration for 4K and HDR10, though Dolby Vision isn’t supported yet. The demonstration confirms most TV compatibility settings, highlighting the potential for extended use of older Xbox models for Plex enthusiasts.
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In this part of the video, the presenter demonstrates configuring an Xbox Series X and S for optimal media playback. They begin by enabling the TV’s 24p mode and ensuring consistency across different Xbox models. Next, they configure the audio output settings to enable pass-through audio for lossless formats, relevant for media playback but not affecting games. The feature was introduced in the May update and works well with Plex. The presenter advises checking Plex settings, such as ensuring local quality is set to original, and enabling direct play, direct stream, and display mode switching. These settings ensure the TV switches to the appropriate mode for the media being played. They then demonstrate with a 4K HDR Blu-ray movie, “The Last Jedi,” showing how the Xbox switches from 60 Hz to 24 Hz and enables HDR10.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains the successful setup and functionality of Dolby TrueHD audio pass-through on a television, which is achieved without any intervention. The speaker describes configuring an Xbox Series X with an Atmos-compatible receiver, ensuring it’s in the proper mode for optimal performance, and further demonstrates this by showing direct play on both video and audio with no transcoding on the Plex server.
Next, the video covers testing a 1080p Blu-ray, which switches to 24p for the frame rate and outputs DTS-HD audio verified through a receiver passthrough. The speaker notes that HDR is turned off for non-HDR media but mentions that the Xbox upscales 1080p content to 4K while maintaining smooth playback at 24p.
The video also touches on live television playback on Plex, utilizing a Plex pass and compatible TV tuner. The content is upscaled to 4K 60fps, with the video being transcoded while the AC3 audio is passed through directly. The speaker highlights the improvements in Plex functionality on the Xbox, such as frame rate and color space switching and passthrough audio, which were not fully functional in previous evaluations. Lastly, the built-in Blu-ray player capabilities of the Xbox are discussed, noting the lack of Dolby Vision support on both Blu-ray and Plex.
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In this part of the video, the speaker wraps up by inviting viewers to share their experiences with Plex on the Xbox. They announce that more Plex content will be available next month and thank the audience for watching. The speaker acknowledges their top supporters and provides information on how others can support the channel financially, even with a contribution as small as a dollar a month. Lastly, they encourage viewers to subscribe for more content.