"eac3 is unsupported by platform" on Pixel phone with Plex app

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Pixel 9 Pro Can't Pay Dolby Digital Plus Atmos Content

This is a known issue on the main Plex app, but the workaround there is to go into settings and disable support for EAC3 (which still doesn’t really solve the issue as it forces a transcode, and requires users to really know what they’re doing). See: https://forums.plex.tv/t/pixel-8-pro-repots-eac3-is-Supported-but-eac3-content-fails-to-play I was hoping this would be fixed on the new app but it’s actually worse. The problem on the new app is that such a workaround doesn’t exist aside from dis…