Please allow server owners to specify the audio codec/format sound is transcoded to

[tom80H]

Isn’t that decision subject to the player/client?
What good will it do if you set a codec on the server that’s not supported on all clients?

There’s already an existing thread focusing on setting / overriding transcoding targets and codecs per client.

Automatically Set Preferred/Default Audio For Videos (audio format/codec) // mod: option to override

This request is really two interrelated items regarding audio codec/quality selection for movies and TV shows. 1. Enable all clients to be able to automagically select the correct audio track based on the type of hardware and codec support reported by the device, like what the Roku and PMP do. 2. For users who would like the option to control the codec used, allow us to set a default audio codec/quality for movies/shows based on both user-level as well as, the client-level . If no default is…