# Only EAC3: EAE timeout! EAE not running, or wrong folder? Could not read

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-eac3-eae-timeout-eae-not-running-or-wrong-folder-could-not-read/892020 "2024-10-11T15:37:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-eac3-eae-timeout-eae-not-running-or-wrong-folder-could-not-read/892020/49 "2024-10-15T16:14:35Z")

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Here’s the FAQ I wrote on how to tweak the kernel (your Ubuntu VM)

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/9):
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> Increase the number of directories Linux can monitor (inotify) for PMS The default size of the Linux inotify table is 8192 directories (\*1). When PMS is configured to update automatically when media is added, with properly organized media, especially music, this table rapidly fills and exceeds the default allocation requiring you to increase it. The solution to this is straight forward. Increasing the table size is easy. The first step is to determine how many directories to alloca…

The problem is the Dolby license and how we must use their tools.

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