TrueHD audio fails after last update

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Server Version#: 1.25.8.5663-7000
Player Version#: 9.0.1.31729 (bc3395ec)

My Nvidia Shield autoupdated my Plex Player on April 1st to the above version.

Ever since the update any 4k movie I try to play, using the TrueHD audio track, fails to play and crash closes Plex after showing the egg timer for a few minutes.

After a lot of diagnosing I rolled back the Player version to the last one I had - 8.31.2.31546.

This resolved my problem.

It looks to me like the April 1st (ironic) version is still in Beta so I don’t know why it would be released the the public.

Anyway. Hope this helps anyone facing similar issues.

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A long thread on the topic: Nvidia Shield Dolby TrueHD playback is borked

From reading the thread, 8.30.2 appears stable. The latest 9.1 beta looks promising. The new demuxer seems to help the situation.

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Thanks for the reply.

Version 8.31.2.31546 has resolved my issue so I’ll just leave my Shield running that version until a new, ‘known stable’, version is out there.