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!

@heshamg said: +1 for FLAC to ALAC conversion on ios But plex iOS does not direct play alac. That stopped ages ago: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/177013/alac-being-transcoded-to-mp3-in-ios

@jackandjohn said: Adding my voice for the ability to “transcode” losslessly from FLAC to ALAC (then direct play ALAC in iOS) Plex iOS doesn’t do ALAC : https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/177013/alac-being-transcoded-to-mp3-in-ios

@Afullmark said: @jackandjohn said: Adding my voice for the ability to “transcode” losslessly from FLAC to ALAC (then direct play ALAC in iOS) Plex iOS doesn’t do ALAC : https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/177013/alac-being-transcoded-to-mp3-in-ios Right, which is why I specified also direct p…

+1 lossless playback and “transcoding” FLAC to ALAC

+1 lossless playback on IOS and web client

I also would love to see better support for lossless files. For example, the option to force local download/sync to preserve the original lossless file on mobile.

+1, it is not that hard to embedd a proper audio player, why do you think anybody storing music as flac woulc be happy to hear it as mp3 or aac ???

This would be great! Please consider adding transcoding of FLAC to ALAC (as an option) for playback on Apple devices.

+1, it would definitely be great to play and sync lossless FLACs as ALACs on iOS.

+1 here also … come on, start supporting FLAC on local synched content on the iPhone.

[Feature Request] Add transcode options for FLAC files

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[Feature Request] Add transcode options for FLAC files

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