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 (…

AV1 can only Direct Play currently. A Plex employee has confirmed that AV1 doesn’t work with Direct Streaming: [image] Please enable AV1 hardware decoding on Plex Client Streaming Devices Sorry for the delay. I’ve confirmed that AV1 is not supported with direct streamin…

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 p…

AV1 with TrueHD track transcoding issues

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happytaz June 3, 2023, 10:27pm 2

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

@anon18523487
Any updates on getting AV1 Direct Streaming working?

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AV1 with TrueHD track transcoding issues

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