# PMS API question

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [August 6, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331 "2011-08-06T00:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![classicspam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@classicspam](https://forums.plex.tv/u/classicspam)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331/1 "2011-08-06T00:42:18Z")

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Does anybody know the correct string to use to send client capabilities (i.e AC3 and/or DTS) via the http api for m3u8 transcoding? Also is it sent via the string to start the transcoding (along with quality level, etc.) or some other time?

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**Author:** ![Anthrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Anthrax](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Anthrax)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331/2 "2011-08-07T09:08:48Z")

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> Does anybody know the correct string to use to send client capabilities (i.e AC3 and/or DTS) via the http api for m3u8 transcoding? Also is it sent via the string to start the transcoding (along with quality level, etc.) or some other time?

  
Hi classic,  
  
have a look at these classes of mine:  
http://code.google.com/p/myplexmedia/source/browse/trunk/PlexMediaCenter/Util/Transcoding.cs  
http://code.google.com/p/myplexmedia/source/browse/trunk/PlexMediaCenter/Plex/Connection/PlexCapabilitiesClient.cs  
  
your questions should be covered there - remember, all this is open source so you might just use these for yourself ;-)   
  
hope this helps,  
Anthrax

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**Author:** ![classicspam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@classicspam](https://forums.plex.tv/u/classicspam)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331/3 "2011-08-07T21:09:56Z")

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> Hi classic,  
>   
> have a look at these classes of mine:  
> http://code.google.com/p/myplexmedia/source/browse/trunk/PlexMediaCenter/Util/Transcoding.cs  
> http://code.google.com/p/myplexmedia/source/browse/trunk/PlexMediaCenter/Plex/Connection/PlexCapabilitiesClient.cs  
>   
> your questions should be covered there - remember, all this is open source so you might just use these for yourself ;-)   
>   
> hope this helps,  
> Anthrax

  
  
That is awesome...works perfectly...gratz and +1 :)

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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:** [December 20, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-api-question/10331/4 "2019-12-20T21:13:55Z")

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