5.1 Albums in Music Library stopped playing surround on AppleTV

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@westfasm

Has this been reported somewhere else as a bug?

Yes. Last acknowledged by Plex in this longer/older thread:

Apple TV App not playing 5.1 audio music files anymore

Server Version#: 1.15.6.1079 Player Version#: Plex 2.2, ATV 4th Gen I have had a very static setup for the last 2 years, with only Plex and Apple TV updates. I have: Plex Server Apple TV 4th Gen Pioneer receiver I found a couple of years ago that the best bet for getting multi channel audio was using Apple Loseless files. There are hundreds of albums in my 5.1 and 4.0 collection. Everything was working fine until the other day when I ripped the new UK “Night After Night” multi channel disc…

Closing this thread as a duplicate.