Advantages of Infuse Pro over Plex as a media player for AppleTV 4K?

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So this info was solid gold as it does seem to have resolved the choppiness which must have been introduced when the ATV was doing its own 24p-60p conversion and doing a rotten job of it.

These settings also fixed some odd content color depth issues I was seeing in my material which was probably introduced when ATV took REC.709 color space material and “upconverted” it to Dolby Vision.

So, here’s my observation now that I have these settings locked in;

1. Plex legacy player was struggling with high bit-rate BD material resulting in some macro-blocking and other artifacts.
2. Plex beta player did not have this issue.
3. Infuse did not have this issue.
4. Infuse seems to have some other advantages such as showing scene information in the scrubber bar which is missing in both Plex players.

A couple outstanding questions;

1. Every time I play a new title with Infuse I am getting the subtitles, is there an option that will disable the subtitles automatically but still display forced subs in MKVs that have those (I believe I set something on the server side to display forced subs automatically bot not sure if that propagates to players like Infuse).

2. Is there any way to see a feature roadmap for this player? I’m interested if multiple user profiles, etc., are coming along with more information about audio format support (I’m curious if the TrueHD and DTS-MA HD audio support can eventually go bitstreamed and if other high resolution audio format support is coming.

3. I signed up for the free one week subscription, and when I go manage it on my Apple device I only have options for monthly or yearly subscriptions. I believe there was an option for a lifetime subscription and if I pay for the application that is what I would prefer.

Thanks!

Glad things are working out for you! I think I can help with some of your questions.

1. In settings, there is a option under the “Playback” section called “Subtitles” there you can choose to have On, Force Only, or Off.

2 There is a forum thread here that lists the features that are in the works here Upcoming Features (updated 4/28/25) and it’s kept current in the first post.

3. This thread gives you the info on purchases Infuse Pro: Purchases, Upgrades, and Family Sharing . Just remember, what gets many people confused is the difference between a Lifetime subscription to the free version and the single purchase of Infuse Pro 6. The lifetime subscription will give you all the pro features and future updates including major updates like version 7 and on with no additional costs. The outright purchase of Infuse Pro 6 will give you free updates for all future releases of version 6 only. When version 7 comes out you’ll need to either purchase Infuse Pro 7 as an outright purchase or at that time start a subscription to get the new features and updates.

For me the lifetime subscription is the way to go since it’s good for ever and I don’t have to worry about remembering a monthly or yearly subscription fee. You’ll see comments about a “Special Lifetime” subscription which is a bit cheaper but that is for people that have purchased the stand alone Pro version in the past and want to upgrade to the Lifetime subscription.

Both versions have the same features.

If I’ve missed the finer points I’m sure James will fill in the blanks. Good luck!

EDIT TO ADD: Also if you do decide to go with the lifetime subscription you will need to cancel the monthly subscription you started other wise it will be billed with it comes due.