Why is Plex Transcoding something that should be easy to pass through?

FYI, My copies of Star Wars Episode 1 - 6 all have that same audio format and they all direct play. The video is 8-bit H.264, not 10-bit. Blu-ray rip using MakeMKV.

Shield Pro (2015) ← HDMI → Denon AVR-X4300H ← HDMI → LG B7 OLED

Plex app v9.19.0.85. Prior versions worked OK also.

Plex App audio: Passthrough = HDMI
Shield Audio: Auto
Settings → Device Preferences → Display & Sound → Advanced Sound Settings → Available Formats → Auto: Use the formats your audio device reports supporting

To see audio formats the Shield picks up from the attached device, go to Settings → Device Preferences → About → HDMI.

Phantom Menace MediaInfo
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=12
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 30.2 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 35.6 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.608
Stream size                              : 28.7 GiB (86%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : DTS ES XXCH XLL
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                          : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 4 815 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 7 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE Cb
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 4.58 GiB (14%)
Title                                    : dts-HD MA 6.1
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text #1
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate                                 : 45.2 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 0.352 FPS
Count of elements                        : 2878
Stream size                              : 44.0 MiB (0%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text #2
ID                                       : 4
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate                                 : 369 b/s
Frame rate                               : 0.007 FPS
Count of elements                        : 60
Stream size                              : 368 KiB (0%)
Title                                    : Foreign Language - Forced
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : Yes