Plex transcodes EAC3 to AAC when it should not

r2_d21 · October 16, 2024, 3:23pm

Server Version#: 1.40.4.8679
Player Version#: 5.88.1

I don’t have more than 30 streams and when I enable “force direct play” the video and the selected audio track (EAC3 7.1) plays just fine. But I can’t transcode anything of course with this setting enabled.

Once the “force direct play” setting is disabled, Plex starts transcoding EAC3 7.1 to AAC. Which causes this bug.

system · January 14, 2025, 3:24pm

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