Re: E-AC-3 & PS4 audio issue - always force transcode to AAC?
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:37 pm
@knifeyspooney That example was the the situation mik_s brought up. For you, the fix really is that they fix UMS.
As far as I can tell, the "least bad" workaround for you to use in the meanwhile is to remove ac3 support in your PS4 configuration file. To do that, you should look at all the lines starting with "Supported", behind "a:" (audio) and remove "ac3". The "|" are separators (meaning "or" in regex), so you need to remove one of those as well, so that there are only one between each "word" left behind.
This will lead to transcoding also for media with AC3 audio, but at least it will play without using the TRANSCODE folder. If I were you though, I wouldn't do anything, I would just play the EAC3 via the TRANSCODE folder until UMS has been fixed. But, if you have many more EAC3 media files than AC3 media files, it might be more convenient to modify the configuration - it all depends on your situation and priorities.
As far as I can tell, the "least bad" workaround for you to use in the meanwhile is to remove ac3 support in your PS4 configuration file. To do that, you should look at all the lines starting with "Supported", behind "a:" (audio) and remove "ac3". The "|" are separators (meaning "or" in regex), so you need to remove one of those as well, so that there are only one between each "word" left behind.
This will lead to transcoding also for media with AC3 audio, but at least it will play without using the TRANSCODE folder. If I were you though, I wouldn't do anything, I would just play the EAC3 via the TRANSCODE folder until UMS has been fixed. But, if you have many more EAC3 media files than AC3 media files, it might be more convenient to modify the configuration - it all depends on your situation and priorities.