Strictly 2 channel movie watcher and wondering the best way to set my AFTV output and the Plex app. Best SQ is the goal (and reliability, of course). I have the AFTV audio output set to "Dolby Digital Plus Off" in order to get stereo only out of the unit (for Plex and all streaming services). Of course the Plex app installed on the AFTV also has a choice of audio outputs to passthrough. My question is should I set Plex to passthough everything and let the AFTV do the stereo mixdown? Seems like there might be an advantage to avoiding the extra Plex transcoding, no?
Important to note: I only have the 1st Gen AFTV (max h264 level 4.0) and most of my files are 4.1 and higher, so I am almost always transcoding anyway.
So does anyone see any advantages/disadvantages either way?
Would your opinion change if I upgraded to 2nd Gen AFTV?
Thanks.