Plex, nVidia Shield, Player Broken? Read this

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@ryktech

Only reason to use plex on shield would be if you have a nice surround system and want lossless audio and atmos (DTS HD-MA,Dolby TrueHD, with or without Atmos extensions). Nvidia Shield is the only one that does that at the moment. Apple TV 4Ks atmos is Dolby Digital+ with Atmos extensions and those are from the streaming services. I use my Apple TV 4K for everything else as it does most of those apps better,(refresh rate switching,etc)

YouTube (until tvOS 14) and plex go Shield, everything else Apple TV 4K, if you care about lossless surround formats such as dts hd ma and Dolby true hd.

I’ve got a 7.1.4 atmos system and all my BDs and UHD BDs are ripped into mkv on my nas to playback lossless from plex on the Shield.

Yep this is my use case as well. Apple TV just doesn’t cut it with lossless audio.