Plex can't Direct Play FLAC on LG TV but Emby can?

[FordGuy61]

@susam3

That has nothing to do with this.As the guy said,Plez transcodes Flac to mp3 for no reason,and when subs are enabled which we know that will transcode.Why not add Flac support?Is it that hard?

The audio format is irrelevant when using ASS subtitles. Enabling them forces a video transcode, and the RPi is not able to do that in real time.

@d_mhnallaich
I do not know why FLAC will not direct play / direct stream on LG and other Smart TVs.

Regarding how Plex on the LG handles subtitles, see this post for additional details:

Are custom profiles dead?

You’re running into the limitations of the Plex LG app (Samsung behaves similarly). I have an LG B7 OLED. The limitations are one of the reasons I purchased a Nvidia Shield for myself and give Amazon FireSticks to my family/friends as birthday/Christmas gifts. The Plex Android TV app direct plays PGS, VOBSUB, and SRT subtitles even if the video or audio is transcoding (reference). ASS subtitles still result in a video transcode and subtitle burn, but I’m not aware of any Plex client that h…