PS5 transcoding 6.1 and 7.1 audio hangs playback. Bug with PS5 Plex or is it the transcoding?

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Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173
Player Version#: 5.26.1

I’ve noticed that since the PS5 has to transcode any AAC audio above 5.1 that Plex will stop playing, similar to what it does with higher bitrate videos which is still an issue. This seems to be a different problem though. What I’m wondering is if getting a faster server would fix it thanks to more processing power or if I would still have playback problems with 6.1 or 7.1 audio on the PS5 due to a Plex bug. I’ve checked the CPU usage on the server doing the transcoding and it’s no where near getting maxed out. The server shows that the video is being direct streamed while only the audio is being transcoded. If anyone has experience with this and can shed some light I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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I dug out my PS4 and it plays 7.1 AAC transcodes perfectly so it looks like it’s a PS5 issue, possibly related to the same buffering issue that hasn’t been fixed by Sony yet.

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