# Files with EAC3 audio won't play? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [May 7, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905 "2018-05-07T12:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jda2631](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jda2631](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jda2631)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/1 "2018-05-07T12:36:37Z")
Plex won’t play any file with EAC3 audio. When I try to play one it says “conversion failed. the transcoder exited due to an error”. Files with AC3 audio works fine, just EAC3 is causing issues. Running version 1.13.0.5003 of PMS. I have tried it on Chromecast, 2 Android devices, and plex web. Would try it on my Xbox to try and get a direct play but that app messed up hard. App won’t open and it won’t let me uninstall the app, kinda gave up messing with it for now. Is this a known issue with this version of Plex? Or is there something else going on? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MSmiley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/msmiley/32/14776_2.png) [@MSmiley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MSmiley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/2 "2018-05-07T13:08:46Z")
I’m not sure what hardware you have on your PC, but none of the other devices support EAC3 passthrough. About the only device that supports anything other than AC3 passthrough is the nVidia Shield. ---
**Author:** ![jda2631](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jda2631](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jda2631)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/3 "2018-05-07T15:46:29Z")
Right, my question is what would cause the transcode to fail? It is the only codec that fails, everything else plays perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/4 "2018-05-07T18:40:19Z")
> **[Plex Media Server](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1665416#Comment_1665416)** > > Plex Media Server 1.13.0.5023 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel ##FIXES: (Transcoder) Media with EAC3 audio could fail to transcode in some cases on Windows. (#8547) Plex Media Server 1.13.0.5023 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel FIXES: (Transcoder) Media with EAC3 audio could fail to transcode in some cases on Windows. (#8547) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/5 "2018-05-07T19:35:50Z")
You guys are quick! Yes, the update just came out ---
**Author:** ![jda2631](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jda2631](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jda2631)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/6 "2018-05-07T20:56:31Z")
That is awesome! Thank you, working great again! ---
**Author:** ![Eds89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/eds89/32/120657_2.png) [@Eds89](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Eds89)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/7 "2018-05-07T21:52:08Z")
Thanks devs! I was at a loss as to why my files weren’t playing back 😄 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-with-eac3-audio-wont-play/234905/8 "2020-01-08T01:00:41Z")