Prefer other codecs over DTS and TrueHD on transcode

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index b6118e600..562b5d022 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -5609,14 +5609,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             }
 
             var inputChannels = audioStream is null ? 6 : audioStream.Channels ?? 6;
+            var shiftAudioCodecs = new List<string>();
             if (inputChannels >= 6)
             {
-                return;
+                // DTS and TrueHD are not supported by HLS
+                // Keep them in the supported codecs list, but shift them to the end of the list so that if transcoding happens, another codec is used
+                shiftAudioCodecs.Add("dca");
+                shiftAudioCodecs.Add("truehd");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Transcoding to 2ch ac3 or eac3 almost always causes a playback failure
+                // Keep them in the supported codecs list, but shift them to the end of the list so that if transcoding happens, another codec is used
+                shiftAudioCodecs.Add("ac3");
+                shiftAudioCodecs.Add("eac3");
             }
 
-            // Transcoding to 2ch ac3 almost always causes a playback failure
-            // Keep it in the supported codecs list, but shift it to the end of the list so that if transcoding happens, another codec is used
-            var shiftAudioCodecs = new[] { "ac3", "eac3" };
             if (audioCodecs.All(i => shiftAudioCodecs.Contains(i, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {
                 return;