Codec Profiles (Limitations) Many clients have limitations that need to be addressed, such as only being able to play 8-bit video files. If you have a client that always transcodes a media file, using the specifications described in this section to create the media file will help ensure it will direct play on the client. Direct Play Profiles These are the specifications that are used to determine whether a media file can be direct played on the client. There can be multiple items for a profile, as a protocol can be specified that changes the type of profile to use. These profiles are used to transcode a media item to one of the specifications provided. Within that profile there are specifications for the following: Transcode Targets This section can contain multiple definitions for video, music, and photo profiles. How the Plex client profiles are structuredĮach client contains a separate profile in an XML file on the Plex server. You will need to manually create it and add the profiles to the folder. Note that the Profiles folder will not exist by default. The Plex user client profiles are located in the following path: /Profiles These profiles would be located in the application data folder for the Plex user. You can also create user client profiles, which are not removed by Plex during an update. The system client profiles can be found in the following location on the Plex server: /Resources/Profiles Since the profiles are included and updated with Plex, changing any of the profiles would cause the changes to be deleted when Plex is updated.

The profiles are installed when Plex is installed, and are updated when Plex is updated.

The system client profiles used by Plex are located on the server since they are read when a client requests to play a video, music, or photo. Where are the Plex client profiles located? How the Plex client profiles are structured.

Where are the Plex client profiles located?.

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