Sally Leon
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ac-3 is Dolby DIgitalI saw a thread like this before but couldn't tell if an agreement was reached. Which track is better?
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there is no "e-c3" - it is call e-ac3 (enhanced ac-3): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital_Plusac-3 is Dolby DIgital
ec-3 is Dolby Digital Plus, often seen as DD+
True ... plex seems to have trouble on some devices with eac3 ... so if ac-3 isn't available, I convert the audio-track to it.I know I posted a similar thread a while back. I opted to go with the 386 ac3. AC3 is more compatible with more devices, so with my plex server I don't have to worry as much about transcoding.
there is no "e-c3" - it is call e-ac3 (enhanced ac-3): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital_Plus
E/C3 is a roller bearing
Personally, I find Plex has issues playing most content I have which is why I only use it to manage my library and not serve the media. Except for my kids of course...True ... plex seems to have trouble on some devices with eac3 ... so if ac-3 isn't available, I convert the audio-track to it.
Personally, I find Plex has issues playing most content I have which is why I only use it to manage my library and not serve the media. Except for my kids of course...
I use Infuse instead and link it to my Plex library. Plex does handle metadata much better than Infuse.
Another benefit with Infuse is that I can play my Blu-rays/DVDs directly from my NAS without having to convert them to a video format (mkv, mp4, etc.). They play directly from the BDMV/VIDEO_TS folder backups. Plex can't do that!
And I love my DTS-HD MA and TRUE-HD audio tracks for movies where the audio MAKES the movie. Infuse doesn't transcode by default like Plex does. It passes everything through my receiver. I was very surprised how well it played Blu-rays back on my iPad over Wi-Fi. Very smooth actually.
Imagine watching 13 Hours (2016) with only 68 kbps aac-sbr? It would feel more like watching a documentary.
Personally, I find Plex has issues playing most content I have which is why I only use it to manage my library and not serve the media. Except for my kids of course...
I use Infuse instead and link it to my Plex library. Plex does handle metadata much better than Infuse.
Another benefit with Infuse is that I can play my Blu-rays/DVDs directly from my NAS without having to convert them to a video format (mkv, mp4, etc.). They play directly from the BDMV/VIDEO_TS folder backups. Plex can't do that!
And I love my DTS-HD MA and TRUE-HD audio tracks for movies where the audio MAKES the movie. Infuse doesn't transcode by default like Plex does. It passes everything through my receiver. I was very surprised how well it played Blu-rays back on my iPad over Wi-Fi. Very smooth actually.
Imagine watching 13 Hours (2016) with only 68 kbps aac-sbr? It would feel more like watching a documentary.
True that! Plex hiccups far too often for me to rely on playback; especially when trying 2+ streams. I like Plex for managing my media, and I will stream something from time to time. However, my biggest concern is that when you enable Remote Access, it always wants to go out to the internet and use one of Plex's relay servers, even though I stream everything right here at home: ASUS Wi-Fi6 Mesh, Synology NAS ds1812+ (replacing my older QNAP TS-851 which is now serving as my backup for everything).Just my experience but I use Plex for all my media types and it has rarely mishandled the audio. It always transcodes it correctly when it needs too (Most of my TVs are stereo but one is full sound capability). The only issues I have ever really had were it choosing to transcode instead of passing through True-HD/DTS. And it just took some settings tinkering to solve that. With that said, Plex can be a fickle thing.
True that! Plex hiccups far too often for me to rely on playback; especially when trying 2+ streams. I like Plex for managing my media, and I will stream something from time to time. However, my biggest concern is that when you enable Remote Access, it always wants to go out to the internet and use one of Plex's relay servers, even though I stream everything right here at home: ASUS Wi-Fi6 Mesh, Synology NAS ds1812+ (replacing my older QNAP TS-851 which is now serving as my backup for everything).
I may just disable Remote Access since I never use it; perhaps I'll have a much greater experience then. For traveling, I can always stream APV, NF, D+ and not to mention the 100's of titles I own on VUDU; many are Movies Anywhere which I can access through APV, ATV+, and of course VUDU.
By the way, what do you mean by tinkering?