Almost all of the shows my DVR is recording are picking up a version of the audio where a narrator describes what is happening on screen. doing a little bit of research I believe this is a feature for the visually impaired called descriptive video service (DVS). I can’t find anything in the setting…

This recording should have more than one audio stream. You only need to select the other audio stream to get the right audio.

You’re right, and I think I figured out a solution for making this the default. For whatever reason, the DVS audio track is labeled as Espanol. In my server Language settings I checked the box to automatically select my preferred language and subtitle tracks. After that I tested a couple videos t…

I’m having the issue on some of the ABC shows I record. I did some checking and noticed that the original .ts file has two audio files; one says English, the second one says Spanish. However, they are both English channels, but one will have the descriptions. Problem is, some times it’s the English …

I am having the same issue with ABC shows. Were you able to find a solution?

I was having the same issue, particularly with ABC. It was annoying to have to change to English, but it worked. Then I added a post-processing script that used HandbrakeCLI and English was no longer even an option. Instead I got two audio streams with DVS. So I added a line to the script and now En…

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sjmplex April 20, 2020, 11:35pm 7

Seems similar to my problem. i have also seen the descriptive audio issuse. Seems related to picking wrong audio track.
https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-playing-wrong-audio-track/

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