Plex Web Client not direct playing FLAC Files

FordGuy61 · April 29, 2019, 4:54am

EDIT: Modified Plex Web XML profile as shown in github, then restarted PMS. Audio still transcodes to AAC stereo when using Chrome v74/Win10.

Long standing request (March 2017) to add FLAC support to Plex Web.

Looks like there is a way to modify the Plex Web profile:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/valesi/b6988f2e693143cee9e90079a14d47d4

Web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Client name="Web">
  <!-- Author: Plex Inc. -->
  <TranscodeTargets>
    <VideoProfile protocol="hls" container="mpegts" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac,mp3" context="streaming" />
    <VideoProfile protocol="dash" container="mp4" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac" context="streaming" />
    <VideoProfile protocol="http" container="mkv" codec="h264" audioCodec="aac,mp3" context="streaming" />
    <MusicProfile container="mp3" codec="mp3" />
    <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
    <SubtitleProfile container="ass" codec="ass" context="all" />

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howto.md

# Add FLAC support for Plex web client

Chrome 56+ / Firefox 52+  
Might not work on all OSes

Add the following to `/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Profiles/Web.xml` within the `<Client>` section:

```XML
  <DirectPlayProfiles>
    <MusicProfile container="flac" codec="flac" />

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