I have run into a slight problem that I am unable to figure out. I am running a plex server on my synology NAS (V. 1.23.4.4805) and I have a few music albums (most of them in .DSF) Everything has been running smoothly untill recently when it stopped playing some of the albums. I have tried to pla…

hi Same problem here, it started around monday i think Android TV an Android phone, but Windows plex client still works [image] After last update Plex Android TV (Sony) cannot play DSF HD audiofiles Smart TVs Server Version#: Version 4.57.4 Player Version#:8.20.026605 …

No Plex client supports playing DSF files so they should be asking PMS to transcode them. Can you reproduce the problem on an droid device and get me the android log and PMS log? Or if you can PM me a file so I can test it myself.

Hi Sorry about the delay, but i was on vacation I tried with to android clients, my Sony Android TV and my Plus One Phone (android) The Windows Client still works fine, the error on the Android is "There was an error playing this element. I managed to get the Server errorlog(PM) I Tried casting…

Hi It seems to be a Android client issue, i tried to downgrader the client to version 8.19.4.26517 now it seems to be working again

hello? I have the same problem, playing on Nvidia Shield app. did someone find any solution?

Hi Again I have downgraded my Andriod client to version 8.19.1.26306 that solved the problem Dont forget to disable update

It’s a Android Client 8.20 issue 8.19 works like at charm

Can you try on the latest version of the app? Please provide the log from the app if it doesn’t work.

Hi, adding log file with last event when i tried to play DSF file and it failed plex log.txt|attachment (41.4 KB) Please let me know if it is not enough or something else is needed. And maybe it will be useful to know in my iPhone pex and plexamp apps it plays. Only in shield app it fails.

Ok, your Shield is trying to direct play that file and failing somewhere. Can you PM me a DSF file so I can test?

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hi
Same problem here, it started around monday i think
Android TV an Android phone, but Windows plex client still works

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