Server Version#: 1.23.4.4775
Player Version#: latest
I’ve noticed for a while that Plex seems to transcode video unnecessarily when attempting to play back files with a TrueHD track. There isn’t an issue for files with other audio codecs eg. AC3, DTS (all flavours)
I even have some media that has a TrueHD track and an AC3 compatibility track; that transcode video if the TrueHD track is selected vs the AC3 track.
This wasn’t an issue some time ago, so it’s clearly a bug. If the client can play the video track there shouldn’t be a need to transcode it simply due to audio.
This also doesn’t seem to be a new issue given this older thread from last year.
This is particularly grating on my specific content that has UHD HEVC video along with a TrueHD (5.1,7.1 w/wo ATMOS). My server struggles to handle the transcode so it would be great to see this one fixed.
I can supply whatever logs are necessary and possibly sample files but this should be pretty easy to replicate.