OK, we have tried to give the new app/UI a chance and just can’t do it. Nobody in the family likes it. No, I don’t/won’t use Plex to do online content, it was used for thousands of local movies and countless mp3s. With the new UI, what took a few seconds to do now takes several menus to do. That…

[image] fizzyade: if I have the ability to only output ac3 then i’ll Send the team some pizza! Are you trying to give them all diabetes??? #paleo #nocarbs

@elan other low sugar diet products are available! (Hey I’m a dev, embedded systems, so appreciate the odd pizza or two!) I tried to follow the instructions for the beta programme but it seems I can only enroll on the server beta, not shield beta.

[image] fizzyade: I tried to follow the instructions for the beta programme Try over in Join App Betas: Android (mobile), Android TV, Apple TV, iOS

What I know from my experience: With the Roku and PMP, the surround audio is selected automatically, so that I never have to make a manual selection. I can start a movie with no audio selection on my main TV connected to a surround system, and it direct plays surround. I can then move to the roku…

@elan , I would like to reiterate @leelynds comment about selecting the best/most appropriate audio track. Since I create both stereo AAC and 5.1 AC3 tracks in everything, on my shield every single TV episode that I watch I have to stop and change the audio from the default (first) audio track, which…

[image] marcjt: selecting the best/most appropriate audio track. Since I created both stereo AAC and 5.1 AC3 tracks in everything, on my shield every single TV episode that I watch I have to stop and change the audio from the default (first) audio track, which happens to be AAC to the 5.1 track …

@elan signed up, hopefully won’t be too longer before it’s either out of beta or I can install it.

[image] elan: [image] marcjt: selecting the best/most appropriate audio track. Since I created both stereo AAC and 5.1 AC3 tracks in everything, on my shield every single TV episode that I watch I have to stop and change the audio from the default (first) audio track, which happens to be AAC…

[image] cayars: Wouldn’t you rather talk about Plex stuff then alternatives to Plex? :slight_smile: :grin::joy::rofl: Omg.

[image] leelynds: With the Roku and PMP, the surround audio is selected automatically, so that I never have to make a manual selection. I can start a movie with no audio selection on my main TV connected to a surround system, and it direct plays surround. I can then move to the roku on the TV in…

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elan January 9, 2019, 8:38pm 298

We’re getting way off topic in this thread It would likely be better to open a new thread so it doesn’t get lost in the mix,

Set preferred or default audio for videos

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