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Correct. 7.1 audio direct play does not work at all on iOS/iPadOS.

We’re 4 updates (~2 months) in since this issue is reported and it’s still not fixed yet.

Disappointing.

Videos with EAC3 7.1 audio files not playing in new iOS App

Server Version#: 1.41.8.9834 Player Version#: 2025.18.0 (1109) With the new iOS Plex App some movies with a certain kind of EAC3 audio track won’t play. They used to Direct Play on the old app, I can direct play them from other platforms and on an older Android phone the audio is successfully transcoded because it does not support this codec. I tried on an iPhone 16 Pro (iOS 18.5) and an iPad Pro M4 (iPadOS 18.5). Here is the MediaInfo from an affected audio track: > Format …