Server Version#: 1.19.4.2902 Player Version#: Sonos S2 Hi, with SONOS now supporting HiRes audio, is there a way to prevent Plex from not transcoding to lossy? Sonos now supports up to 24/96 but it seems Plex by default just transcodes it down to AAC at 221kbps.

SONOS didn’t really support Hi-Res at all. First it’s only for local music loaded though their desktop app and second it’s only 24/44.1-48.

Mmm. I’m currently able to play 24/48 directly through my Sonos app. And (with my system and my ears and the sorts of music I listen to) it clearly sounds richer than it used to. However, I am finding it very difficult to work out the best way to utilize Plex through Sonos in order to get around th…

Correct. 24-bit (44.1kHz/48kHz, FLAC/ALAC) through sonos app only.

Hi WayFlix, not sure how to understand this. Do you mean that you can play 24/44.1 and 24/48 FLAC & ALAC through the Plex app within Sonos at full resolution; or that you can only play these resolutions directly through the SONOS app via the Music Library contents? And if the latter (i.e. only di…

Some of us have been discussing this topic in another thread https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sonos-and-hi-res-music-content-24bit-32bit-48khz-88-2khz-176-4khz-192khz/ It would appear that the Plex default Sonos profile is set up to transcode everything above 16/48 to aac (unclear what bitrate). I’ve…

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