# Error in transcoding/playing EAC3 audio (EAE timeout! EAE not running, or wrong folder?)

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-in-transcoding-playing-eac3-audio-eae-timeout-eae-not-running-or-wrong-folder/659675 "2020-11-30T14:13:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-in-transcoding-playing-eac3-audio-eae-timeout-eae-not-running-or-wrong-folder/659675/27 "2020-12-03T19:08:29Z")

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I would want to know why that is too.  
The Codecs directory is read-only.

It implies the codecs were damaged somehow.

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