I found a few other topics on this, but nothing new. My Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 is both my plex server and client. When watching 4k content, if the audio codec is EAC3, the video stutters and is slow to load. If it is AC3 it is smooth as butter. My audio output is set to optical passthrough, s…

Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 (Optical passthrough) - EAC3 stutters

ollie29792458 March 19, 2023, 10:18am 2

I think this might be the issue:

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