# \[Feature Request\] Add transcode options for FLAC files **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493 "2014-10-31T06:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rally\_AK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@Rally\_AK](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Rally_AK)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/1 "2014-10-31T06:05:17Z")
Hi, it would be great if PMS had the option to change the way it transcodes FLAC files.    Being stuck with mp3 256 CBR is kind of LAME. I'd like to be able to bump that up to 320 CBR or better yet transcode to ALAC to stream lossless files in iOS.   Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Treebeard\_44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/treebeard_44/32/5563_2.png) [@Treebeard\_44](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Treebeard_44)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/2 "2014-10-31T11:02:07Z")
Would love to see this a reality, since I spent a long time ripping all my music as FLAC files! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![jonasos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jonasos/32/85020_2.png) [@jonasos](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jonasos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/3 "2014-10-31T22:32:29Z")
Yes. By going flac to alac no transcoding is actually required since both formats contain the same data. So this would actually be more efficient, despite being better quality. ---
**Author:** ![igno2k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/igno2k/32/5845_2.png) [@igno2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/igno2k)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/4 "2014-11-01T12:56:49Z")
+1 for this! ---
**Author:** ![ctwelsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@ctwelsh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctwelsh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/5 "2014-11-01T23:05:22Z")
I would love to have the option to change bit rate or even better, lossless. ---
**Author:** ![transatlantic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/transatlantic/32/10879_2.png) [@transatlantic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/transatlantic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/6 "2014-11-02T01:11:03Z")
+1 on streaming lossless. Also, the 320 sync max just doesn't cut it when you're using a quality DAC and headphones. ---
**Author:** ![clem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@clem777](https://forums.plex.tv/u/clem777)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/7 "2014-11-09T20:51:41Z")
Would be great for me too ;) ---
**Author:** ![saschamt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/saschamt/32/103242_2.png) [@saschamt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/saschamt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/8 "2014-11-10T18:04:10Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![wideoteka.net](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wideoteka.net/32/6111_2.png) [@wideoteka.net](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wideoteka.net)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/9 "2015-02-26T10:47:21Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![Urfish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/urfish/32/4790_2.png) [@Urfish](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Urfish)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/10 "2015-04-16T22:32:48Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![fabiopel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@fabiopel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fabiopel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/11 "2015-04-26T21:16:25Z")
Direct iOS flac playing by the plex client or ability to set conversion parameters please !!! ---
**Author:** ![log0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/log0n/32/92244_2.png) [@log0n](https://forums.plex.tv/u/log0n)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/12 "2015-05-03T12:47:05Z")
Please yes direct play/sync of lossless formats is my most desired addition Plex.  Now that Windows 10 natively supports FLAC on all platforms & Android supports FLAC that means that all Plex would really need to do is add the ability to transcode FLAC-to-ALAC & vice versa for iOS & it would be a real option for music playback on HiFi systems. ---
**Author:** ![N\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/n_g/32/100459_2.png) [@N\_G](https://forums.plex.tv/u/N_G)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/13 "2015-05-06T10:16:59Z")
Yes please! an all lossless systeme would be great. in both play and sync mode. convert flac files to alac on the server side seems to be the simplest option. ---
**Author:** ![WhartoX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/whartox/32/82535_2.png) [@WhartoX](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WhartoX)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/14 "2015-09-24T09:06:33Z")
+1 please add ---
**Author:** ![Guillaume\_Small](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/guillaume_small/32/6487_2.png) [@Guillaume\_Small](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Guillaume_Small)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/15 "2015-09-24T15:10:26Z")
+1 thx !!! ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_Amnesiac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kid_amnesiac/32/3152_2.png) [@Kid\_Amnesiac](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kid_Amnesiac)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/16 "2015-11-03T23:34:26Z")
I’d love to see more transcoding options for lossless media on the server, i.e. Music transcoding options: Transcode music (if direct play not possible) - ALAC (lossless), MP3 320, MP3 256, MP3 160, MP3 128 In the mobile apps, you would want to add an override for lossless transcoding when on a data connection so that you could, for example, stream ALAC (lossless) over wifi and MP3 320 over data. ALAC would work for iOS, but there may also/alternatively need to be a WAV option for wider client compatibility. It would also go without saying that the lossless transcoding would not downsample, upsample, or dither the source material. If you feed it 24bit 96kHz FLAC, you should get lossless 24bit 96kHz ALAC playback. Note that 16bit 48kHz playback is all that is possible via the onboard DAC of an iPhone, but up to 24bit 192kHz is possible via an external DAC. ---
**Author:** ![optip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a4c791/32.png) [@optip](https://forums.plex.tv/u/optip)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/17 "2015-11-30T12:45:48Z")
+1 lossless playback on IOS would be much appreciated ---
**Author:** ![rgccarter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rgccarter/32/102822_2.png) [@rgccarter](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rgccarter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/18 "2015-11-30T16:41:36Z")
+1 lossless playback on IOS would be much appreciated (and web client) ---
**Author:** ![jesse000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@jesse000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jesse000)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/19 "2015-12-07T11:13:07Z")
that’d be great ---
**Author:** ![ahawkins82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@ahawkins82](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ahawkins82)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493/20 "2015-12-09T01:46:34Z")
Coming from Plex for Android, I thought that direct play of FLAC was all you could do. I haven’t had any luck forcing any sort of transcode. I would like adjustable transcoding options so I could stream, say, 96kbps OPUS over mobile and not run up against my data cap. [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-transcode-options-for-flac-files/81493.md?page=2)