├── README.md
└── tvOS.xml


/README.md:
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 1 | <h1>Plex tvOS AV1 Client Profile</h1>
 2 | 
 3 | <h2>Issue:</h2><br />
 4 | When trying to play AV1 files using plex tvOS client, transcoding is initiated to h264.
 5 | 
 6 | <h2>Workaround:</h2><br />
 7 | Create <b>Profile</b> folder and copy the <b><a href="https://github.com/scriptsingh/plex_av1_tvos/blob/main/tvOS.xml">tvOS.xml</a></b> file to the folder and restart your Plex server. 
 8 | 
 9 | <h3>Example (ubuntu):</h3> 
10 | 
11 | Location of Plex data: <br />
12 | /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/ <br />
13 | <code>mkdir "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Profiles"</code> <br />
14 | <code>nano "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Profiles/tvOS.xml"</code><br />
15 | Copy contents from tvOS.xml to new file, save and reboot Plex server. <br />
16 | Test Plex client on Apple TV. <br />
17 | 
18 | <b>For help finding Plex data location on other Operating Systems:</b><br /> 
19 | https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/ 
20 | 
21 | Tested with smooth playback on latest Apple TV 4k and last gen model. 1st Gen model stutters on 1080p av1 and 4k content.
22 | 
23 | <b>This information is free, if you are using do not sell and please link back. </b>
24 | 


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/tvOS.xml:
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 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 2 | <Client name="tvOS">
 3 |   <TranscodeTargets>
 4 |     <VideoProfile container="mkv" codec="h264,h265,hevc,mpeg2video,mpeg4,vc1,av1" audioCodec="flac" subtitleCodec="ass,dvb_subtitle,vobsub,eia_608,pgs,microdvd,movtext,ssa,srt" />
 5 |     <MusicProfile container="flac" codec="flac" />
 6 |     <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
 7 |   </TranscodeTargets>
 8 |   <DirectPlayProfiles>
 9 |     <VideoProfile container="mkv,mov,mp4,mpegts,mpeg,mpegvideo,avi,flv,ogg" codec="h264,h265,hevc,vp9,h263,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,mpeg4,vc1,av1" audioCodec="aac,ac3,alac,flac,eac3,dca,opus" subtitleCodec="ass,dvb_subtitle,vobsub,eia_608,pgs,microdvd,movtext,ssa,srt" />
10 |     <MusicProfile container="mp3" codec="mp3" />
11 |     <MusicProfile container="m4a" codec="aac,alac" />
12 |     <MusicProfile container="mp4" codec="aac,he-aac,ac3,eac3,alac" />
13 |     <MusicProfile container="flac,mkv" codec="flac" />
14 |     <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
15 |   </DirectPlayProfiles>
16 |   <CodecProfiles>
17 |   <VideoCodec name="*">
18 |      <Limitations>
19 |        <UpperBound name="video.width" value="3840" />
20 |        <UpperBound name="video.height" value="2160" />
21 |        <UpperBound name="video.bitDepth" value="10" />
22 |      </Limitations>
23 |     </VideoCodec>
24 |     <VideoAudioCodec name="*">
25 |       <Limitations>
26 |         <UpperBound name="audio.channels" value="8" />
27 |       </Limitations>
28 |     </VideoAudioCodec>
29 |   </CodecProfiles>
30 | </Client>
31 | 


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