direct play quality issues

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Hi all,

Just a quick question.
I'm trying to switch from plex to jellyfin, but I feel as if the movie playback quality is less than on plex.

Here is a side by side, both are directly playing from the local network.

https://i.imgur.com/FRA0AHn.png

when looking at the sky, you can clearly see the steps in color, it's almost as if the bitrate is not high enough but when looking at the playback info, it looks fine.
in the quality menu, it clearly says "auto - direct", so i'm not sure what i'm missing.

Is there a way to force full quality direct play?

Thanks