# AV1 with TrueHD track transcoding issues

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [June 3, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288 "2023-06-03T15:10:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kuhn007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kuhn007](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kuhn007)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288/1 "2023-06-03T15:10:18Z")

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Hello,

When I play a video that is AV1 with a TrueHD track, and the playback device does not support TrueHD, Plex will transcode the video to h.264 and then it will transcode the audio to another format such as opus or flac. The server won’t just transcode the audio only and direct play the video (on a device that supports av1). It will transcode audio only on h.265 however. Can something be done about this? Currently I am running PMS 4.100.1 and have noticed this happens on my friend’s plex server as well but I am not sure the exact version of that one is. I am running Plex on docker and he is running Plex on Windows.

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**Author:** ![happytaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@happytaz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/happytaz)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288/2 "2023-06-03T22:27:30Z")

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AV1 can only Direct Play currently. A Plex employee has confirmed that AV1 doesn’t work with Direct Streaming:

> [@Please enable AV1 hardware decoding on Plex Client](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-av1-hardware-decoding-on-plex-client/823813/43):
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> Sorry for the delay. I’ve confirmed that AV1 is not supported with direct streaming. It just doesn’t work with the player right now so it’s disabled. If this changes in the future, we can enable it.

@anon18523487  
Any updates on getting AV1 Direct Streaming working?

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288/3 "2023-06-04T02:35:46Z")

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Media released on Blu-ray disc with TrueHD audio also contains a Dolby Digital (AC3) version of the audio.

AC3 should be supported on most devices, including all Smart TVs and streaming boxes/sticks.

As a workaround, if the AC3 version is available, try selecting it and see if the AV1 video will play without transcoding.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/av1-with-truehd-track-transcoding-issues/843288/4 "2023-09-02T02:36:12Z")

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