Hardware acceleration recommendation

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@TeknoJunky

does any plex client (other than perhaps the desktop PC clients plex/pmp) do any actual software audio decoding of any audio codec to the equivalent PCM ?

Close but not quite?

@sergiou87

This is the first time the enhanced video player gives an alternative to TrueHD audio, by converting the audio stream to the lossless format FLAC.

From: Early access for Plex Pass users to new Apple TV & iOS Video Player - #13 by sergiou87

@TeknoJunky

to me, the division between ‘thick’ client and ‘thin’ client is whether the client decodes locally via software, instead of relying on the server to transcode to a device natively compatible format.

Which is the ultimate aim of the enhanced player, I believe