# Transcoding question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760 "2023-01-06T16:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raditokyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/raditokyo/32/104310_2.png) [@raditokyo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raditokyo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/1 "2023-01-06T16:05:19Z")
My Samsung smartphone is capable of direct play eac3 audio codec. My android tv can’t. If I use Plex android app on my phone and connect it to Plex android app on my tv via the app “connect to device” and click play, does the Plex server transcode the eac3 to opus because the android tv can’t direct play eac3, or does the Plex server not transcode eac3 because my phone that is being used to cast can direct play eac3? Which one is it? I don’t own the server so I can’t check server side. I wish that there is a GUI way to check the playback status when we cast it from our phone to our video, similar to what we have when we use the android app during playback. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/2 "2023-01-06T17:04:24Z")
[Plex Documentation](https://support.plex.tv/articles/) → [Casting, Flinging, & Remote Control](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/features/casting-flinging-remote-control/) → [Overview](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201165546-overview/) Plex will transcode the audio. When you fling the content to the TV, the stream does not run through your phone. It is redirected and runs from the server to the TV. See the [How it Works](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201165546-overview/#toc-0) section of the [Overview](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201165546-overview/) doc. ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/3 "2023-01-06T21:39:19Z")
You can check the playback information on the target device. ---
**Author:** ![raditokyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/raditokyo/32/104310_2.png) [@raditokyo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raditokyo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/4 "2023-01-15T19:42:34Z")
There’s not a way to do that when you fling from phone to android tv, right? ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/5 "2023-01-16T04:51:30Z")
If you are flinging to the Plex app and not Chromecast, you can still use your TV’s remote to call up the player controls to call up the playback information. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-question/825760/6 "2023-04-16T04:52:04Z")
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