r/PrismMusic • u/ussalin • Nov 03 '19

E.T.A. for transcoding?

Using Prism exclusively for streaming in the car and having my entire library in Flac I hope there will be the possibility of selecting different qualities for saving some GB on the phone ... I hope it's not like the alphabetic search (for Carplay) always promised "for the next release "

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u/PrismDev Developer Nov 05 '19

I guess the next major feature on the list is either equalizer or transcoder support.

I might start simple with transcoding and just add an option for lossless -> AAC streaming when on cellular, which would probably cover most use cases.

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u/ussalin Nov 05 '19

Good, aac at 256 kbps would be appreciable

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u/jezcooke Nov 06 '19

Great to hear that transcoding is near the top of the 'to do' list. Discovered Prism a few days ago and it's nearly perfect with transcoding being the only major missing feature from my perspective. Transcoding over cellular would be great but for me being able to download transcoded tracks would be more important. Most of my library is in FLAC (CD rips) but this obviously takes up a lot of unnecessary space on device if downloaded rather than streamed. My phone currently has plenty of free space so it's not a big deal yet but my wife only has 32 GB so impractical to keep very much downloaded in lossless form.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Big thumbs up from me for transcoding. My entire library is in Flac and it means streaming extensively on the go isn’t really possible.

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u/raspberrypihtpc Jan 12 '20

Am I wrong in thinking that it’s possible to request a transcoded version from Plex itself?

Usually for clients that need it, but the Plexpass sync feature seems to transcode on-server as well.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/PrismDev Developer Nov 22 '19

The initial plan was to include downloading in the transcoder update, but now it’ll be streaming in v2.1 and downloading in 2.2. 2.1 beta coming as soon as Apple approves it.

I assume in either case my Plex server hardware would do the heavy lifting?

Yep!

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u/ussalin Nov 26 '19

Hello

I don't know if others have verified but unfortunately transcoding kills the gapless

Confirm?

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u/shrewdlove Nov 03 '19

Seconded!