NB: among other containers, mkv (on Windows 8.1), wtv and dvr-ms are not supported by Microsoft Media Foundation, and third party splitters and codecs cannot be accessed from a Windows Store app.
NB: Items in bold have been added in release 2.1.3.1
NB: Items in bold have been added in release 2.1.3.1
The following video formats will Direct Play inside the Plex for Windows app. Other formats will be transcoded or remuxed to mpegts/h264/aac|ac3|mp3|pcm using HTTP Live Streaming:
Containers: mkv (Windows 10-only)
Video codecs: mpeg4, msmpeg4, msmpeg4v2, hevc, h264, vc1
Audio codecs: aac, ac3, eac3,mp3, flac, pcm
Containers: mp4
Video codecs: mpeg4, msmpeg4, msmpeg4v2, h264, Windows 10-only: hevc, vc1, wmv, dvvideo, mjpeg
Audio codecs: aac, ac3, eac3, mp3
Containers: mov
Video codecs: mpeg4, msmpeg4, msmpeg4v2, h264, Windows 10-only: hevc, vc1, wmv, dvvideo, mjpeg
Audio codecs: aac, ac3, eac3, mp3, Windows 10-only: pcm
Containers: mpegts
Video codecs: h264
Audio codecs: aac, ac3, eac3, mp3, mp2, pcm
Containers: asf
Video codecs: vc1, wmv3, wmv2, wmv1 (Windows 10-only)
Audio codecs: wmav2, wmapro, wmavoice
Containers: avi
Video codecs: mpeg4, msmpeg4, msmpeg4v2, msmpeg4v3, mjpeg, Windows 10-only: h264, vc1, wmv, dvvideo
Audio codecs: mp3, ac3, eac3, mp2, pcm
Containers: dv (Windows 10-only)
Video codecs: dvvideo
Audio codecs: mp3, ac3, eac3, mp2, pcm
The following video formats will Direct Play inside the Plex for Windows app when the Windows Media Center Pack is installed and the relevant preference is enabled:
Containers: mpeg
Video codecs: mpeg1video, mpeg2video
Audio codecs: mp2, mp3, ac3
Containers: mpegts
Video codecs: mpeg1video, mpeg2video
Audio codecs: mp2, mp3, ac3, eac3
The following music formats will Direct Play inside the Plex for Windows app. Other formats will be transcoded to streaming MP3:
Containers: asf
AudioCodecs: wmav2, wmapro, wmavoice, Windows 10-only: wmav1, wmav3
Containers: flac (Windows 10-only)
AudioCodecs: flac
Containers: mp4
AudioCodecs: mp4, aac, Windows 10-only: ac3, eac3, alac
Containers: mp3
AudioCodecs: mp3
Containers: mp2 (Windows 10-only)
AudioCodecs: mp1, mp2
Containers: wav
AudioCodecs: pcm
References: