# Sync Opus to Android without transcoding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360 "2017-03-08T10:12:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![olavrb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/olavrb/32/177024_2.png) [@olavrb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/olavrb)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360/1 "2017-03-08T10:12:31Z")

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I wanted to sync some songs to my phone, and chose “original” audio quality. The songs are using Opus codec and ogg container (.opus), which is supported by both Android and Windows at this time. Playing it without sync (with some changes to Android.xml) works fine too.

Still Plex chooses to transcode it. To what format I don’t know. MP3 maybe?

Plese Plex, let me sync Opus audio to my Android devices without transcoding it! Opus is superior to any lossy codec when it comes to quality at a given bitrate.

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**Author:** ![musclesguest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@musclesguest](https://forums.plex.tv/u/musclesguest)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360/2 "2018-01-08T19:38:32Z")

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I support this. It’s a shame plex can’t support opus

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**Author:** ![bbro\_spo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bbro\_spo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bbro_spo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360/3 "2018-03-06T05:04:26Z")

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+1 yes! I want direct opus play on Android

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**Author:** ![kaktuspalme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kaktuspalme](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaktuspalme)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-opus-to-android-without-transcoding/183360/4 "2018-08-27T10:44:53Z")

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I also want direct opus play and sync on my android phone.  
I would be able to reduce bitrate for my transcodes and therefore save space.