The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRespect to anyone still managing a library of mp3slemmy.worldimagemessage-square495fedilinkarrow-up11.86Karrow-down148
arrow-up11.81Karrow-down1imageRespect to anyone still managing a library of mp3slemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square495fedilink
minus-squareRandomPancake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoIn my case I use FLAC because when Plex transcodes, FLAC > Opus sounds better than MP3 > Opus. Almost all my media was ripped by me direct from CD, with some coming from Bandcamp.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·1 year agoSee the problem there is that Plex is transcoding instead of just supporting popular audio formats directly.
minus-squareVirual@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoPlex does support FLAC. It’s transcoding to reduce data usage. You always have the option of playing the original, I’m doing it right now.
In my case I use FLAC because when Plex transcodes, FLAC > Opus sounds better than MP3 > Opus. Almost all my media was ripped by me direct from CD, with some coming from Bandcamp.
See the problem there is that Plex is transcoding instead of just supporting popular audio formats directly.
Plex does support FLAC. It’s transcoding to reduce data usage. You always have the option of playing the original, I’m doing it right now.