To test this, we ran a 4GB HEVC MKV file with an E-AC-3 5.1 track on a Google Pixel 7 (which lacks native Dolby decoding) using MX Player 1.86.0.
With version 1.86.0, MX Player introduced stricter codec signature verification. Most legacy custom codecs from 2021 fail to load. The community has responded with patched versions (specifically neon_eac3_fix_v3.so ), but installing them requires: eac3 codec for mx player 1.86.0
: If the 1.86.0-specific pack is unavailable, the 1.87.0 r4 codec or higher is often backward compatible with the 1.86.x series . 2. Installation Steps To test this, we ran a 4GB HEVC MKV file with an E-AC-3 5