[Breaking Bug] [Closed] (Synchro is dead) Plex converts music for synchro from flac to mkv which can't be played on android plex player

Server Version#:1.23.3.4707
Player Version#: 8.19.3.26473 (d3993ede)
Hello,
I wanted to use plex as audio player and for that I synced my music libary but if I go to Downloads & Sync and click a entry I get “An error occurred while playing this item.”
I don’t know if it is a error that plex remuxes flac in mkv or if you do that on purpose. The only thing I know is that whatever there is done does not work on my Device.

Plex Media Server Logs_2021-07-06_16-32-56.zip (7.4 MB)
Manufacturer: OnePlus
Device: OnePlus8Pro
Model: IN2023
Product: OnePlus8Pro_EEA
Version: 11
Android Logs.zip (1.3 MB)

And the new Downloads instead a Sync function does not work currently because there is the download button missing
With Sync enabled Download button is there.


with download it is missing

Correct, you cannot Download your entire music library. A work around is to create a playlist of your entire library and Download that playlist.

But that defeats the purpose of plex for me. My goal is to have plex Sync everything and if I upload a new song on my server that plex syncs it automatically on my device as soon as it got wifi. Or is it possible to auto add new songs to that playlist?

You can create a smart playlist to include everything.

Is there any way to customize what type of file music is download as? I would also prefer .mp3

No. Is there a technical reason you prefer mp3? Opus or mp3, it should be indistinguishable.

Yes, to directly transfer to my Garmin

Lol, yeah that would be convenient. Unfortunately, the files saved with Downloads are not really meant to be use for other purposed outside of Plex.

Why?
You could simply create a folder on the filesystem for plex which is readable for all applications. Whatsapp does the same and I never saw anybody complaining that that breaks wahtsapp. That would make plex actually a lot more usefull on mobile, because the player has so many strange quirks like keep playing after the bluetooth device that was used to play the music disconnects.

That is the way the app/feature is designed. Sure it could be changed, but that wasn’t the intent. There is already a feature request to allow users to pick a different location. Please vote for it if this is of interest to you.

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