Xbox Series X Plex app transcoding everything

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Audio Passthrough support on Xbox beta

Hi all, For users in the Xbox Insiders programme we have a new feature available to test in the Xbox Plex app, audio passthrough support! Currently this is limited to users in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring but please keep an eye out on news.xbox.com for when Audio Passthrough support is available to users in other rings. If you’re in an eligible ring you should find an update is available for the Plex app. Once updated you’ll find two new settings, DTS (DCA) and Dolby TrueHD, within the audio sec…

Xbox is still not quite as flexible/compatible with a large variety of content that shield is, but at least it is working (for me) within the current limits.