

Streams with codecs not selected for passthrough are provided to the output device as PCM audio. Enable passthrough codecs intentionally.Supported codecs vary based on the selected Audio Device Kind. Passing through audio streams untouched precludes downmixing.Īudio streams encoded with certain codecs can be passed through, untouched, to the selected audio device. This configuration is only honored when not using passthrough.

This setting helps Plex downmix multi-channel audio intelligently. Set this match the speaker configuration of the selected audio device. HDMI has the most available bandwidth in its current form and handles many formats natively.
#Plex media player dolby digital full
HDMI: This handles both video and audio and is the best choice if you want to have full passthrough codec support.The S/PDIF protocol can play 5.1 with two data formats: Dolby Digital (AC3) or DTS. This is built-in to all Macs and most other modern motherboards have it as well. Optical (S/PDIF): These connections most commonly use a S/PDIF connector.Basic: You connect something to the headphone jack or using built-in speakers on your laptop/computer.(Must select a specific audio device first to see this menu) The kind of audio device configured is used to determine how audio channels and passthrough codecs are configured. Additional configuration options are revealed when a specific audio device is selected. The automatically selected device is the same device currently used as the default audio device by the operating system. This is set to Auto select device by default. Select a specific audio device if you plan to passthrough audio. Other applications may encounter an error when trying to output audio to a device which Plex has requested exclusive access to. Enabling this setting can have unexpected side effects on other applications.Enable this setting, on Windows, to bypass the operating system’s audio mixer.Enable this setting, on Windows, when using the `Passthrough` configuration settings when a specific audio device is selected.Only enable this setting when `Audio Device` is set to a specific audio device which is not the default audio device used by the operating system.It does not prevent other applications from using other audio devices for output.

When enabled, Plex requests the operating system to prevent other applications from using the same audio device.
