Nvidia Shield Dolby TrueHD playback is borked

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The issue was fixed as soon as we noticed the problem in v8.31 with TrueHD, and was released in v8
31.1 - which was published a day after v8.30 was released. However the version got stuck in review at Google, and has only just been made available - its on a staged rollout so its not availabile to everyone yet.

The latest beta (v9.0) that was released today also includes the fix.

In v8.31 we added support for TrueHD at 192kHz, and this caused a regression for normal TrueHD playback which was fixed as mentioned above.

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Care to elaborate on the big jump in versioning? :wink:

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From what I understand, this is due to Google versioning standards. Once you reach minor version x.31.x the next versioning would be to increment the major version number. In this specific case, 8.31.x → 9.0.x

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I thought it was something along those lines, but then I checked older major versions, and anything before v8 had many more minor builds. From looking at the changelog it doesn’t appear that anything major was added or changed, but who knows. Wondering if 9.0.x has the new demuxer.

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I wouldn’t say many–just one. Regardless from what I understand the current Google versioning for minor version ends with 31.

  • Plex for Android v2.9.47
  • Plex for Android v3.10.0.337
  • Plex for Android v4.32.3
  • Plex for Android v5.10.3
  • Plex for Android v6.17.1
  • Plex for Android v7.31.0
  • Plex for Android v8.31.2

When the time comes, Plex will likely announce the launch of the new demuxer in the release notes as its a big deal for them.

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You’re totally right. I don’t know what I was looking at LOL

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So is this fixed already or not? I’m experiencing this while watching Spiderman

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How do I get the beta?

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Opt-in here

Or

Download here and sideload using adb

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It’s fixed if you have the right version and not if you don’t.

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Both the current stable and the current beta have the fix and have been approved by Google. I’m on 9.0.0.31509 right now, and everything seems to work just fine*.

*except for 96kHz TrueHD, which is still “borked”, but that’s another story


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Which title? I have problem with one title that is VC1 1080i / TrueHD 5.1 96kHz but I am ok with other titles that are both TrueHD 5.1 96kHz and DTS-HD 5.1 96kHz.

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The go-to is the UHD release of My Fair Lady. When I tried that tonight, the audio was still dropping in and out, just like with all previous clients. I believe this is an issue with the SHIELD in general, rather than Plex.

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How does this ‘issue’ dovetail into this


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Ah, I have that disc and seem to recall some audio issues when I watched it.

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Don’t think it has anything to do with it, but I thought I’d mention it here as a reminder.

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I will give My Fair Lady playback a try.

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I am constantly testing Akira which is one of a few TrueHD titles with 192kHz. Its faced regression a few times through the player’s evolution.

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Does it play OK now? I have several versions of Akira, two of which are hybrids with the following audio:

Blu-ray - Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 192 kHz / 14,340 kbps / 24-bit

UHD Blu-ray - Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 192 kHz / 9517 kbps / 16-bit

Haven’t tested those.

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Beta 9.0.0.31509 completely broke true hd playback for me.

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