# When transcode video Plex also transcodes audio

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-transcode-video-plex-also-transcodes-audio/686088>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-transcode-video-plex-also-transcodes-audio/686088 "2021-02-02T17:59:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Murmelbahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Murmelbahn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Murmelbahn)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-transcode-video-plex-also-transcodes-audio/686088/1 "2021-02-02T17:59:43Z")

</div>

Hey all,  
I hope this is the right forum and maybe someon of you can help me. I’m using a Linux VM for my PMS and a Nvidia Shield Pro as a player. Sadly my WLAN is not good enough to always use directplay. So sometime I need to transcode a video. The bad part about that is that everytime Plex also transcodes the audio from 5.1 or else to stereo. Can I prevent this behaviour? It is really anoying. I have hooked the Shield on my AVR an want to have 5.1 sound when transcoding.

![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/9/b/9b8e19613543244151721c885d03721fa0a1e9ca.jpeg)

Thanks for your help in advance!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/when-transcode-video-plex-also-transcodes-audio/686088/2 "2021-05-03T18:00:18Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.