Fix for direct streaming eac3 audio to ATV4

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Guys,

I was trying to stream a 7.1 EAC3 audio stream to my Apple TV, but no matter what I tried, it was getting transcoded into plain 5.1 AC3. So I decided to look into the tvOS.xml profile, and found out that while EAC3 is correctly configured to direct play when part of an MP4 container, it was not configured to direct stream in HLS (eac3 is missing from the list of audio codecs in the HLS video profile).

So, while I have this fixed locally, I’d like to request this to also be fixed in the next release, just so that the problem doesn’t come back when I take the next update, which should overwrite my custom tvOS.xml file.

Thanks,

PS: Plex has been so much more stable in the past few months that I thought it was worth it to mention it. You guys rock! Keep up the good work.

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If you can show the items you changed (before vs after) so the guys can cherry-pick the info, I will write it up and point the request here.

Also, If there are any limits / particulars about minimal firmware revision and/or what you currently have, please indicate this as well.

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Here’s the diff:

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