Plex and Upcoming tvOS 26 audio passthrough

[D0nJ0n3s]

I know 26 is beta, but will Plex automatically passthrough trueHD to the new OS or will there need to be some update to enable on the Plex app side?

[JCHH]

Apple TV - tvOS26 Is bringing Passthrough Audio: Will Plex Update?

According to the documentation I think it does mean what he thinks it means. Apple is adding a new option to the audio output to allow for passthrough audio via the HDMI (the AVAudioContentSource now has a new function called passthrough. This function tells the Apple TV which type of audio content is coming into the device and up until xOS26, there was no passthrough option, which according to the documentation tells the xOS device to pass the audio out unprocessed via the output. I say xOS bec…

[D0nJ0n3s]

Thanks, I did not see that post!

[JCHH]

no worries - we’ve all been there.

[kaelaria]

No one knows anything about what exactly it will be when enabled.