I think you may have hit the nail on the head.  For some reason, this is only occurring on 2021 Neo models.  Same problem here for this user.  https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/106928-576p-videos-werden-transkodiert However, I don't believe this is anything Emby is doing.  DirectPlay error is caused normally by the TV's internal player, I don't think it is anything we have control over.  Has this always been a problem for these videos on this model TV, or did it work correctly a