How to choose transcode audio targets (Audio transcoding to Opus rather than AC3)

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So this APK works for me with TrueHD. I am confused though if I have both optical AC3 and DTS enabled (I have an old vanila DTS and AC3 receiver. If I play TrueHD, it transcodes to AC3 now just fine. If I play DTS-HD it says:

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The receiver indicates Dolby Digital and no sound comes out. I know I don’t have DTS-HD on my receiver but it was my understanding that was backwards compatible with Vanilla DTS? If I change my passthrough mode to HDMI and play the DTS-HD track, the receiver immediately switches to DTS and all works well. But then TrueHD will no longer transcode to AC3.

Also when trying to play AAC 5.1 it just hangs on the loading wheel now. If I switch it back to HDMI passthrough it will direct play as Stereo/Pro Logic. My assumption is in optical mode it should transcode the AAC 5.1 to AC3 5.1

Hope this helps!

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This one does not install to Chromecast with Google TV. Am i doing something wrong or it should be a different architecture?

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That is indeed odd, would you be able to send me the logs from the client after replicating the issue?

Could you also replicate and send me the logs.

It’s a different architecture for Google TV, the beta will be released later today with the correct APK links.

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@sixones

Ok, attached is a log when trying to play a DTS-HD track via Optical Passthrough with AC3 and DTS selected. Playback device is an Nvidia Shield Pro running SE 9.0.1 Hotfix 3. Signal path is Shield > Audio Extractor > Optical Cable to Yamaha Reciever.

Plex - DTS-HD via Optical Log.txt (19.5 KB)

Regarding AAC 5.1, I updated PMS this morning to beta 1.25.5.5492-12f6b8c83 and now it’s transcoding to AAC 5.1 to AC3 properly. So that seems to be fixed. (I also tested DTS-HD after the upgrade but that was no good per the logs)

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How does one select the beta track in the CCwGTV’s Play Store, or would this have to be side-loaded?

I know in any regular Android Play Store, the beta link is in the app description. Unless I’m missing it, the CCwGTV doesn’t list anything regarding the beta.

Thanks!

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@sixones Just following up RE: my DTS logs.

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Why do the test builds linked in this thread all return 404?

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You can sign up using the Google Play Store app on an Android mobile phone.

Also, see the link in Join App Betas: Android (mobile), Android TV, Apple TV, iOS

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They have most likely been superseded by the latest beta release.

From the last test build post, six days ago:

Latest beta release, 3 days ago:

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Oh yeah, that’s right. Thank you for the pointer, much appreciated.

It often seems that Plex is working backwards on features and changes. They roll them out to the general public, and then fix what’s broken in the beta. It’s the complete opposite of what betas are used for IMHO… :joy:

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When will it be corrected in a officiell release?

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