# Plexamp codec compression

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762 "2020-11-12T09:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/1 "2020-11-12T09:27:23Z")

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I repeat my request … Could you add uncompressed audio mode? I would like to listen to my albums flac, dsd, mqa without manipulation by the plexamp codec …

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/2 "2020-11-12T10:03:50Z")

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There is no such thing as a “Plexamp codec”.

Plexamp will happily direct play the lossless formats WAV, FLAC, ALAC etc. if you allow it to use the higher bandwidth which these codecs require.

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/3 "2020-11-12T10:13:16Z")

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I set everything to maximum but opus codec converts albums! I have confirmation from the indicator on my dac! Can’t you have a direct stream like plex video?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/4 "2020-11-12T10:14:42Z")

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Please tell me the original codec of your files.  
Optimally, post the content of the [Plex XML info](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201998867-Investigate-Media-Information-and-Formats "Plex XML info") of one affected audio track.

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/5 "2020-11-13T07:17:09Z")

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and/or post Plexamp log files (settings \> advanced \> debugging) after playing one; they will show why it’s converting.

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/6 "2020-11-14T22:29:55Z")

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hi, this is the xml of my flac, is a 48/24 played a 44.1

```auto
<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="3" librarySectionTitle="Musica" librarySectionUUID="ddf8cd58-d418-4ccf-b64a-f930f2888fa3" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1603922053">

<Track ratingKey="10105" key="/library/metadata/10105" parentRatingKey="10104" grandparentRatingKey="10103" guid="local://10105" parentGuid="local://10104" grandparentGuid="local://10103" type="track" title="Einaudi: Campfire Var. 1" grandparentKey="/library/metadata/10103" parentKey="/library/metadata/10104" librarySectionTitle="Musica" librarySectionID="3" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/3" grandparentTitle="Ludovico Einaudi" parentTitle="Seven Days Walking (Day 7)" summary="" index="1" parentIndex="1" lastViewedAt="1605392750" thumb="/library/metadata/10104/thumb/1604964981" parentThumb="/library/metadata/10104/thumb/1604964981" duration="365366" addedAt="1604964974" updatedAt="1604964981">

<Media id="9340" duration="365366" bitrate="1378" audioChannels="2" audioCodec="flac" container="flac">

<Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="9497" key="/library/parts/9497/1604961164/file.flac" duration="365366" file="/share/CACHEDEV2_DATA/Music/Album/Ludovico Einaudi/[M]Seven Days Walking (Day 7)/01 - Ludovico Einaudi - Einaudi- Campfire Var. 1.flac" size="62926696" container="flac" deepAnalysisVersion="4" hasThumbnail="1" requiredBandwidths="2147483647,2147483647,2147483647,2147483647,2147483647,2147483647,2147483647,2147483647">

<Stream id="11599" streamType="2" selected="1" codec="flac" index="0" channels="2" bitrate="1378" albumGain="-3.77" albumPeak="0.973733" albumRange="15.773242" audioChannelLayout="stereo" bitDepth="24" endRamp="-38.92 0.17;-29.61 16.57;-23.98 17.57;-20.32 18.87;-17.45 19.17;-14.91 19.87;-11.16 25.27;-8.73 25.47;-5.08 25.67;-2.12 38.37;0.11 50.27;4.92 52.67;6.81 52.77;" gain="-3.77" loudness="-17.96" lra="15.53" peak="0.973733" requiredBandwidths="1361,1361,1361,1361,1361,1361,1361,1361" samplingRate="48000" startRamp="-51.00 0.00;-27.66 1.60;-6.81 3.70;-3.23 3.80;-2.59 3.90;0.07 23.00;3.18 65.90;8.37 132.60;" displayTitle="Sconosciuto (FLAC Stereo)" extendedDisplayTitle="Sconosciuto (FLAC Stereo)"/>

</Part>

</Media>

<Extras size="0"> </Extras>

<Related> </Related>

</Track>

</MediaContainer>

```

[admin edit: formatted the XML as `code`]

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/7 "2020-11-14T22:57:24Z")

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you didn’t attach any XML, but please post Plexamp.log after playing.

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/8 "2020-11-14T23:12:04Z")

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I made copy and paste of the xml text but it is not displayed in the web page, I put a txt from play windows app[log.txt](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/aRb9l2OC5zZWPkTljyti4zRk2BC.txt) (2.3 KB)

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/9 "2020-11-14T23:22:44Z")

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that should play directly. please post Plexamp log.

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/10 "2020-11-15T11:04:21Z")

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![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/b/b/bb6d33a5040faaaa92593f61abcec4bc1bc5ad51.jpeg) (File removed)  
I attached the logs and the screenshot of my dac, from the photo above circled in yellow you can see the actual bitrate converted by plexamp

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/11 "2020-11-15T19:13:10Z")

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At the moment Plexamp does not do source matching, it opens the device at the system recommended sample rate:

```auto
BASS: Device opened and sample rate is 44100 (preferred was 44100), latency is 146ms (minimum buffer: 10ms).

```

In the future we’ll do better source matching.

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/12 "2020-11-23T07:29:10Z")

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So both on android and on Windows 10, despite a top hardware, the basic resolution is preferred? It seemed to me that the DAC was not recognized

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**Author:** ![riclib](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/riclib/32/207208_2.png) [@riclib](https://forums.plex.tv/u/riclib)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/13 "2021-01-23T22:33:58Z")

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I so want this fixed too…

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**Author:** ![paolosnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@paolosnz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paolosnz)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/14 "2021-01-23T23:07:56Z")

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It would be a big step…

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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:** [April 23, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-codec-compression/652762/15 "2021-04-23T23:08:12Z")

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