# Add option to transcode AAC to AC3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** android-tv\ **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-transcode-aac-to-ac3/622820 "2020-08-12T04:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jrossh21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jrossh21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jrossh21)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-transcode-aac-to-ac3/622820/1 "2020-08-12T04:23:00Z")
Please add an option in the client to transcode AAC to AC3 instead. If you have audio pass thru enabled everything sounds great except AAC. Most receivers don’t know how to decode it so it just ends up being stereo. So if there was an option for the Plex server to transcode any AAC audio to AC3, that would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![bette1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@bette1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bette1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-transcode-aac-to-ac3/622820/2 "2020-08-12T06:05:19Z")
Player update would fix this and many more issues. I voted here for update to the latest Exo Player > [@\[implemented\] UPDATE to latest Exoplayer (android/firetv) --Listen to your customers--](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-update-to-latest-exoplayer-android-firetv-listen-to-your-customers/622086): > > PLEASE update android/firetv apps to latest exoplayer! Many issues including subtitles would be resolved and comes with many core improvements. Last core update was a long time ago. Same complaints keep coming up which are all resolved by latest exoplayer versions or switching to something much better eg MXPlayer, MPV, BSPlayer, VLC. ---
**Author:** ![jrossh21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jrossh21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jrossh21)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-transcode-aac-to-ac3/622820/3 "2020-08-12T06:59:26Z")
Thanks for the heads up. How do you know a player update would fix this issue? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-transcode-aac-to-ac3/622820/4 "2021-09-22T15:41:51Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate; linked suggestion has been implemented > [@\[Feature Request\] - Transcode DTS/AAC to Multi-channel AC3 option like Kodi on Android TV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-transcode-dts-aac-to-multi-channel-ac3-option-like-kodi-on-android-tv/218543): > > The issue with multi-channel audio sources has been ongoing issue for sometime on Plex for Android TV. Kodi offers an option to convert DTS and AAC into multi-channel AC3. If this option is available in Plex, this may help resolve issues and questions surrounding multi-channel audio in the forums!