This is my exact same problem and I’m on the LG G2 with the LG Plex app. Same time frame too. I’ve been fighting this for the last couple months trying to search for answers and even my Logs don’t help. I really feel like its the LG Plex app that hosed Softward Transcoding. Because if you force HW Transcoding by dropping quality down a bit it transcodes with either your GPU or your Igpu from your CPU(intel) and it plays great. But default SW Transcoding for Audio is BROKEN on LG Plex.