Plex 5.4.1 broke passthrough on Shield TV (2015) NVIDIA 5.0.2

After upgrading the Shield TV to NVIDIA experience 5.0.2, Plex updated to 5.4.0 and worked great. After updating to 5.4.1 passthrough audio stopped working. I uninstalled all updates and the version that shipped with 5.0.2 worked. I downloaded 5.4.0 and sideloaded it and that works great. Then I manually updated to 5.4.1 available on the Google Play store, and passthrough was broken again.
I uninstalled all updates and sideloaded 5.4.0 again and audio is back to working.
How do I properly name my media files?
NVIDIA SHIELD SMB/NAS Sharing How-To - / - NVIDIA SHIELD Support Documents
Plex Server: Running on ThinkServer TS140 w/Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Primary Plex Player: Shield TV, always the latest beta build, always the latest firmware revision
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kegobeer-plex Posts: 5,866Members, Plex Pass, Plex Ninja Plex Ninja
Newest beta release fixed the passthrough problem.
How do I properly name my media files?
NVIDIA SHIELD SMB/NAS Sharing How-To - / - NVIDIA SHIELD Support Documents
Plex Server: Running on ThinkServer TS140 w/Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Primary Plex Player: Shield TV, always the latest beta build, always the latest firmware revision5
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Newest beta release fixed the passthrough problem.
Where are my log files?
How do I properly name my media files?
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NVIDIA SHIELD SMB/NAS Sharing How-To - / - NVIDIA SHIELD Support Documents
Plex Server: Running on ThinkServer TS140 w/Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Primary Plex Player: Shield TV, always the latest beta build, always the latest firmware revision