Plex client which supports DTS-HD

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

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I'm trying out Plex to see if it's a viable replacement for Kodi for me. I have a Synology 415+ which I am using as the server and I have a number of clients to use if I wish.

I have a PS4, a NUC (with Openelec currently installed) and an Amazon Fire TV. As far as I understand it, the Amazon box won't pass DTS-HD to my receiver but will mix it as PCM.

Can I use either of the other devices to get pass through audio to my amp? Most films I watch are my own BD rips with perfect audio tracks.
 
Mine Amazon Fire box seems to work via kodi and plex to a denon avr from a custom nas/server box.
Presuming I have the same fire box that you do.

I did the opposite to you though switched from plex to kodi for other reasons though.

Pass through needs to be checked in kodi as it's not on by default
 
Oh it works fine, just no DTS-HD or MA passthrough, it seems to down mix it to DD or PCM. My NUC running Kodi does it perfectly after enabling it in the options.
 
The Fire TV can't output HD audio due to the fact Amazon refuses to pay the licence fee as far as I know and Plex would be no different to Kodi in this respect.

The NUC and PS4 will pass through HD audio fine. Just use one of them where your surround is, job done!

Plex is fantastic, go for it :)
 
But which OS on the NUC for example? I don't really want to pay for another Windows license when I don't really like MS products at home (all Mac and Linux). I also don't want to shell out on a Mac mini. I had a read up last night and it seemed to suggest that the PS4 cannot pass HD audio?

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204377253-What-media-formats-are-supported-

Does the app support DTS audio?
DTS audio is not currently supported directly. Content with DTS audio will have the audio automatically transcoded to either AAC (default) or AC3 (if the Dolby Digital (AC3) receiver capability preference is enabled) by the Plex Media Server in order to preserve the surround sound audio channels.
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Plex may be great but if I have to get rid of the NUC and replace it with a Mac mini it means I'm spending money, as does buying a Windows license for the NUC. I don't see why that would be an advantage of just using my NAS to host media and my NUC using Openelec to play it. I will try OpenELEC-Plex tonight and see if I can get it working with master audio.

Another complaint is that no matter what I do I cannot get any metadata or art to populate for Skyfall. I've deleted and refreshed the library, no change.
 
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Which means selling the NUC and buying another unit? Is Plex so much better than Kodi to make selling the NUC and buying a shield then setting it all up worth it?
 
I been looking for something simlar myself for a plex client i like KODI and PLEX i have tried plex on android that wants to transcode. PLEX on the samsung smart hub is great but cannot play HD audio without having to transcode and when it does it changes to dolby digital transcoding aint a problem. But when i play my films direct play from external HDD plugged into my android box it sounds great and looks good to using the amber skin no transcoding. So im thinking on using PLEXbmc. We use plex home theatre on our main HTPC and that's great also but you cannot run that on android only windows. Which like you say means spending more. There is the Rasp Pi3 which can run rasplex and is cheap for a plex client. My audio for my film,s and music is the Canton DM55 soundbase sounds very good but its only stereo PCM it can direct play DTS and Dolby Digital but not HD audio
 
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Which means selling the NUC and buying another unit? Is Plex so much better than Kodi to make selling the NUC and buying a shield then setting it all up worth it?
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I feel your pain, depends on how much you want DTS-HD passthrough
 
Yeah I did loads of research a few months back, a NUC will do pass with the right software.

If you didn't already own the NUC then the Nvidia Shield would be the cheapest alternative.

If I had a 4K TV and home cinema gubbins I would buy a Shield but I'm waiting for 4K OLED to mature a bit more before dropping ££££

We're currently looking at making quite a significant house purchase so all that consumer electronics stuff is on the "back burner" ;)
 
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Well this is proving to be more trouble than I think is worth.

I've downloaded Openelec-PLEX but the download is a tar and not an ISO. Not sure I can be bothered to extract it and create an ISO to burn to USB then install. Besides all of this, it looks like there are no more releases since May last year.

openPHT doesn't seem to be that straightforward, either. Is there not a bootable ISO to download and burn to USB? Or do I have to faf around and build Debian or whatever and then install it? As this is sounding like more hassle than Openelec/Kodi is in all honesty.

I have a Kodi database set up on my NAS and I just rsync the xml files to any new device around the house (Pi's, mainly) and I get seamless integration across all, plus I get master audio through the NUC. The NAS isn't transcoding then, either. Since it's only an Atom it sits at 100% if I play any file on a Plex client such as web browser or on the Amazon Fire TV.

Unless I'm missing something really obvious?
 
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If you can put the PLEX server on your Nas then use PLEXbmc. Its plex via kodi or you can use Emby for kodi which is suppose to be really good. Neither needs transcoding

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/106593/plexbmc-xbmc-add-on-to-connect-to-plex-media-server/p1

http://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/99-kodi/

Just youtube either PLEXbmc or Emby for kodi

And if all your clients are running Openelc then they will all pass HD audio and most proberly do 24p

Or if you are Running Pi's around the house you can also use Rasplex which is openelec also
 
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I tried to install openPHT onto SteamOS this weekend but failed, followed every guide but it wouldn't find openpht via apt. Plus SteamOS wasn't all that good, it couldn't stream from my PC upstairs in anything over 720p and Batman just failed with a white screen.
 
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