When using the MX Player, you may encounter the error: this audio format eac3 is not supported (eac3 is not supported).

Error Cause

Because MX Player has removed some codecs, it will affect audio encoded with EAC3, AC3, DTS, DTSHD, and MLP.

Solutions

When you encounter similar problems using this player, you can try the following measures:

  1. Use another media player
  2. Convert the video format to a format supported by MX Player, and then play it
  3. Add custom codecs to MX Player

To continue using MX Player, of course you should choose to add custom codecs to MX Player.

How to Add Custom Codecs

  1. Download the appropriate codec from Releases · USBhost/MX_FFmpeg and unzip it
  2. In the MX Player settings, in the custom codec option, select the corresponding file

You can also add custom codecs to mobile devices. For example, Android can download libffmpeg.mx.so.neon

Of course, you can use other codecs

Reference

How to Fix Audio Format EAC3 is Not Supported Error: 4 Method

Custom Codecs

MX Player Custom Codec [AC3,DTS,MLP,TRUEHD, etc..] | XDA Forums

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