Hey everyone. I'm something of a Plex noob so I don't want to frame anything I'm saying as me really knowing anything at all. I've been using it for a while (on an inferior machine with inferior transcoding) but had not previously had any issues with direct playing video in their source format (4K, HDR, DV, Atmos, etc.). Recently had a power outage and since then, everything is streaming remote based on the dashboard and thus, transcoding (1080p, AAC). I've tried adding in the local IP address, making the network private instead of public, etc., and none of those options seemed to work. It leads me to believe the issue is related to DNS rebinding protection. Since, I cannot whitelist anything directly on my Google Fiber router, is running my primary and secondary DNS through something like OpenDNS and then whitelisting plex.tv and plex.direct my best option? Or is there any other workaround here?
Apologies in advance if I'm misunderstanding or doing something incorrectly. Just looking for some advice. Thanks everyone!
Source: r/PleX · by /u/JKP006