You can disable transcoding in the native Plex app by setting video to 'original'.
There is also an Emby player where transcoding can be disabled on the server but I do not have any experience with that.
The native player is a bit primitive.
The best way is to set up a simple server on your computer and a player on your TV. There are a few examples buy I use Plex. The LG App works great and setting up the server is not to difficult. Subtitles are much better supported.
Good luck.
I am not aware of any other native video player on the LG TV. There are a few things you can do:
Invest in a ethernet cable and connect the TV to you local network / computer
Convert the movie to a format the LG TV understand
Buy a Android TV box that can play your movie and connect it to your TV.
Good luck
The native player is a bit primitive. You can better use a third party player like Servio, Plex or others.
Self I use the Plex player on the TV and a Plex server on my computer. Works like a charm.
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I would like a local search only i.e. USB attached drives or the local network folder i have browsed to.
A flag to ignore internet items would not be hard to do.
I looked up DLNA and found a list of software that uses it. In the list was PlayOn, which I already have on my computer! I turned on the Media Library and it works great, allowing me to browse the folders where my media is stored. Thanks for getting me moving on this!