Best Plex Client for 4kHDR/Direct Audio passthrough

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I know there have been many threads that have asked similar questions however i have yet to really see any answers, so I wanted to see if I could get some community/Plex employee feedback.

I would like everyone’s opinion on the BEST Plex Client given the following:

  1. Can play/directly pass through Dolby 6.1/7.1/7.2, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, DTS HD
  2. Can direct play 4k HDR10 and Dolby Vision.

I have a Sony VPL-VW675es paired with a Denon AVR-x3300w and a 7.2 Dolby Atmos setup, so I have the audio and projector to handle my full 4k 7.2 rips. Thank you in advance.

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Nvidia shield? Samsung BD player? Anyone?

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I would say the best Plex Clients would be, in no particular order:

Plex Media Player
Open Plex Home Theater
Kodi with the Plex for Kodi add on

And then in the STB category:
An NVIDIA Shield
A newer Roku

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Thanks. I have a brand new ROKU premier plus but am suffering from audio hiccups that’s have been written about elsewhere on the forums.

What is Open Plex Home theater?

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See this forum section
https://forums.plex.tv/categories/openpht

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What are the differences from the official PHT?

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Plex Home Theater is a product no longer support by Plex so an outside group took over development of it and now it is called OpenPHT

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Gotcha. Thanks

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I’ve been looking at the ODROID-C2
ODROID C2 LibreELEC 7.1.0 HDMI Audio support list:

  • Passthrough of AC3/DD/DTS 5.1 (Lossy)
  • Passthrough of DD+ (EAC3)
  • Passthrough of Dolby True HD 5.1 and 7.1 / ATMOS (Lossless)
  • Passthrough of DTS-HD MA/HRA 5.1 and 7.1 (Lossless)
  • Passthrough of DTS 96/24

Support h265 10bit but last I read only pushes out 8bit… I think that’s a Kodi(LibreELEC) issue though
It supports HDR but various reports of corruption when playing Dolby Vision

Most the stuff you’re asking about is bleeding edge when it comes to consumer products :frowning: