# New Plex Cloud Service and flac

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-cloud-service-and-flac/183358>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-cloud-service-and-flac/183358 "2017-03-08T09:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanjdean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@alanjdean](https://forums.plex.tv/u/alanjdean)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-cloud-service-and-flac/183358/1 "2017-03-08T09:50:14Z")

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I am just trying out the Beta version of the Plex Cloud. My question relates to music files. Does the stream support flac files or are they dumbed down to something like MP3 192kbs

Thanks  
Alan

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**Author:** ![teshiburu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/teshiburu/32/11853_2.png) [@teshiburu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/teshiburu)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-cloud-service-and-flac/183358/2 "2017-03-08T10:52:19Z")

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All comes down to your client, if your client supports FLAC then you should get FLAC

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-cloud-service-and-flac/183358/3 "2020-01-07T22:53:47Z")

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