Over the years I’ve seen a lot of discussion around Truehd 7.1 and Dolby Atmos in regards to Plex, but thought that though it couldn’t pass the truehd7.1 through, it would transcode to eac3. In particular, I have one user who went to stream a movie she had streamed 3-4 months ago. She stated it pla…

Well, unfortunately, that didn’t work for me. I’m currently on Plex server 1.41.7.9799 On roku ultra I am on 7.36.14.10147-6754caeec-Plex By removing the codecs, I lost my ability to transcode completely. I kept receiving a message that my system did not have enough cpu for that conversion. I had…

Plex Media Server should have downloaded the codecs from servers at Plex. They’re downloaded as needed. Plex uses EasyAudioEncoder to transcode TrueHD. The other directory has decoders & encoders for video and other audio formats. I’m not sure why this is not working for you (both transcoding Tr…

Fordguy61, I’d like to continue working this. Is there any way for me to validate the accessibility and download functions of the codecs. It seems that needs to happen first. That being said, I did note that though I did delete all the pieces from the codecs directory, it did pull some codecs down i…

FordGuy61, my plex is now braindead. The system starts, but all the log is showing is May 22, 2025 04:06:26.718 [134719165430584] WARN - [Database optimization/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db] Held transaction for too long (/home/runner/_work/plex-media-server/plex-media-server/Library/FullTextSearc…

Fordguy61, plex appears to be back. My maintenance runs at 4am, so it ran for about 2 hours at 100% cpu on one core. This appeared to be some maintenance and after it finished, I stopped and restarted plex and was able to stream switching from direct play to transcoded and back. Is there any way for…

Ottokerner, I believe you were right, but after running ChuckPA’s DBRepair, I believe I have my plexserver back up and fully functional…At least back to where I was at. I still can’t play truehd 7.1. Still hoping that Fordguy or Chuck will help to correct that situation.

Edit: The audio transcoding problem is fixed in PMS 1.41.7.9823 ( release notes ). PMS, Roku, & TrueHD I’ve done some additional testing with Plex, TrueHD, & Roku. There is a problem with PMS 1.41.7.9799 and playing TrueHD audio on Roku devices (my Streaming Stick 4K, anyway). If I fall back to …

So everyone here knows, I am working with @FordGuy61 in an attempt to reproduce and then ultimately fix this.

Just for additional info, I’m not experiencing a problem with TrueHD transcoding on the following setup: Roku TV Plex version 7.36.14 and 7.37.9 QNAP Plex version 1.41.6.9685 TrueHD 7.1 is transcoding to EAC3: [Screenshot 2025-05-22 at 14.33.45] [IMG_2057] I had a previous report on Roku not…

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You might be affected: Library.db size more than doubled in latest version

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