Plex on Shield: DCA (DTS) audio not working when direct playing

by Zelius

I feel like I'm very close to being able to play all my videos through the Plex app rather than Kodi. This is the last barrier.

All of my DCA codec (DTS) videos lack audio when forcing direct play on my Shield TV. Setting direct play to auto doesn't work at all, probably since my NAS can't transcode.

Kodi plays the audio fine, but I'd rather use the Plex app.

My settings:

  • Quality: "Original"
  • Direct play: Forced
  • Direct stream: On
  • Passthrough: tried enabled/disabled, both with the same result.

My Shield is connected directly to my TV via HDMI and I'm just using my TV's speakers.

Is there some setting on my end that I could try to fix this? Or could it be my TV that is unable to play back this type of audio?

Andrroid

If you're up for it, save up for a receiver + 2 bookshelves. A decent receiver can be had for $150 used/refurbished/sale and another $100 for some bookshelves. That will remove your transcoding and give you some much better sound via a basic 2.0 setup.

watchyirc

your tv probably cant decode dts, thats why you dont get audio. get a soundbar.

tonyreilly

Yeah... what u/watchyirc said. Most TV can't decode DTS as the license fees are too high.

pokes135

Try tweaking your audio settings on your TV itself. My guess your TV isn't processing the DTS, so forcing Direct Play in turn isn't working.