# Plexamp: Disallow 5.1 FLAC playback **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [September 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-disallow-5-1-flac-playback/741657 "2021-09-07T18:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scarbrtj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@scarbrtj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scarbrtj)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-disallow-5-1-flac-playback/741657/1 "2021-09-07T18:44:42Z")
Playback of 5.1 FLAC audio files in Plexamp results in only 2 channels of the 5.1 channels playing back. This is not a “downmix”; it’s a “no-mix.” Thus, any FLAC 5.1 audio files played in Plexamp result in playback which sounds… bad. Usually you can’t hear the singer’s voice, because the center channel doesn’t come across in Plexamp. What would be better is to simply disallow the user from playing 5.1 FLAC in Plexamp. “Playback not supported” error message or something. ---
**Author:** ![scarbrtj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@scarbrtj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scarbrtj)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-disallow-5-1-flac-playback/741657/2 "2021-09-22T04:59:56Z")
Or, just have Plexamp skip multichannel tracks altogether. ---
**Author:** ![mixpix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mixpix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mixpix)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-disallow-5-1-flac-playback/741657/3 "2021-09-26T02:24:54Z")
I think it would be better to ask for a downmix feature. ---
**Author:** ![scarbrtj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@scarbrtj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scarbrtj)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-disallow-5-1-flac-playback/741657/4 "2021-11-26T14:54:37Z")
Agree