Just to give an update on things for me.
Noticed, mainly with headphones, that in Channels app, playing back my music videos, most have FLAC audio, the audio has a tad bit more wider soundstage and a tad more detail, than Infuse.
Not sure how each app is processing audio compared to each other, how they make use of ffmpeg or what ever for downmixing (ffmpeg comes up alot in the Infuse forms).
I have also noticed that watching HDR 4K vids in Channels is a smoother experience than Infuse of late. As there seems to be lag starting playback, and excessive lag when seeking/scrubbing the timeline on a 4K HDR movie in Infuse. The same file, is silky smooth in Channels.
The Channels UI takes some getting used to compared to Infuse, for local media library navigation. Infuse really wins out on that, so much more seek and modern looking (at least to my tastes). I mainly prefer the full page thumbnail view style that Infuse has that shows all videos in the library, vs the single horizontal bottom slider style of Channels for Videos.
I am slowly finding less and less use for Plex server in of itself. If i had not already have Lifetime Plex server... would have dumped its subscription by now. Infuse just supporting SMB direct, works out fine for my needs really.
But, i will mention, I can get used to the different/missing features and nitpicky things i have mentioned in my previous long post comparing the two experiences. ..
However, the MAIN THING, i just can't get past, the one thing that is truly holding me back for adopting Channels 100% and dumping the rest....is.... the Purple.
OMG, Please, please, please, peas and carrots.... add a Black UI theme.
Sleek, modern., and OLED TV popping awesomeness. That is what many people want! Blackness!
(not a "dark" greyish theme, that makes many tvs, give that "dirty screen" look... a annoying thing on many Samsung tv models it seems when all screen gray is displayed. Even the lighter shade of the purple used currently in Channels has that effect on my tv, unless i crank up the color saturation and turn down the gamma, but then i have black crush.)
And, the seek bar and top quick bar in Channels that appears during playback, already is a shade of light black already....why can't there be an option to have the rest of the app be like it. (maybe even add a option to make those Transparent like it was in the "Carbon" version of the Android app.)