DTS .wav files are downsampled to stereo

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Plex does not support multi-channel music on Android TV clients.

DTS HD-MA Audio Question (SamsungTV & Nvidia Shield Plex Apps)

Not sure how Plex handles DTS audio in MKA files. I can tell you the Plex Android TV app does not handle multi-channel FLAC audio files well. Last I tested (see this post), it played the left and right channels and dropped the rest. This post is the last update from Plex I’ve seen on the subject (he was an employee at the time). AFAIK nothing has changed. There is also a current thread about two songs playing at the same time on Android TV devices.

Why no support for 5.1 surround music playback?

Apologies. My initial reply was for multi-channel sound in movies, not music. Unfortunately, I don’t have good news. The Plex AndroidTV app does not handle multi-channel music. It plays the right and left channels only, discarding the other channels (no mix-down to 2.0, etc). It is not specific to the Amazon FireStick. It will happen with any AndroidTV device. I have an Nvidia Shield and it does the same. Also, all music is sent at 48 kHz, so any hi-res files are downsampled before playb…