# FLAC audio support **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/flac-audio-support/69482 "2014-06-24T21:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![doug.brown\_outlook.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@doug.brown\_outlook.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doug.brown_outlook.com)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/flac-audio-support/69482/1 "2014-06-24T21:35:30Z")
I'd like to completely replace my PC (J River Media Center) and Android (PowerAmp) music players with Plex. FLAC support across the Plex would require: -PMS being able to accurately scan and serve FLAC files -some Plex clients, ex. Plex Home Theater, capable of playing back FLAC natively -transcoding FLAC to AAC of MP3 for clients that do not support native FLAC playback. -configuration settings for the FLAC transcode (ex. always transcode FLAC to AAC 256 kps). ---
**Author:** ![slipstreams](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/slipstreams/32/645_2.png) [@slipstreams](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slipstreams)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/flac-audio-support/69482/2 "2014-06-24T22:12:41Z")
Are you sure that most of your request is not already build in? I also have a large flac collection (about 20k) properly indexed in PMS and PHT appears to play them natively through the build in paplayer, even 24/96 flac files. Edit: Also checked on my rather old Android Tab: flacs get played there also for high encoded files. There is a problem though with syncing HD-flacs: these files get synced without getting transcoded and the player doesn’t support them. The problem doesn’t show up with regular flacs though. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/flac-audio-support/69482/3 "2021-03-13T14:45:20Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/flac-audio-support/69482/4 "2021-06-10T01:00:56Z")