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Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:26 pm**

Hello,

I was wondering if there is any possible way to set up transcoded downloads. When I'm out and about and want to download, I would rather download MP3 rather than the original FLAC in my library.

I would be thrilled if anyone knows a solution!

Thanks!

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:45 pm**

I actually requested this feature awhile back. I think it's a great idea. But as far as I know, Subsonic does not have any functionality that enables you to do this.

Cheers,
Kirk

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:09 pm**

That's sad...Does anyone know if Sindre is considering this feature?
I would love to put my vote in to have it implemented.

Thanks!

Posted: **Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:35 am**

girlcake wrote:That's sad...Does anyone know if Sindre is considering this feature?
I would love to put my vote in to have it implemented.

Thanks!

He never replied to my thread, but I don't think he ever replies to feature requests, probably doesn't want to get anyone's hopes up if something turns out to not be possible or more difficult than he thinks...

Cheers,
Kirk

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:00 am**

There is a recent poll on this, maybe it will get some more visibility:
http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtop ... transcoded

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:22 am**

Just increase the buffer size. The phone stores the transcoded file on the SD card automatically as tracks are being played. Whatever is in the que gets stored to the cd up to the defined buffer size.

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:26 am**

That only works for the Android app though... would love this feature for other platforms such as Mac OS X.

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:56 pm**

I needed to do something similar last week on a trip, so I fired up my android emulator, manually installed the subsonic .apk, and queued up what I needed transcoded. Then I pulled the transcoded files off the virtual SD card.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21831/ho ... g-a-phone/

I think it would have been faster for me to RDP home to the server, convert the files, and pull them to my remote location, but now that this is set up, I can do it any time I want...

Not for the faint of heart, I'll admit.

PS: Happy π (Pi) Day! Party like a mathematician at 1:59 (3.14 1:59)!

Posted: **Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:45 pm**

lol yeah my case would be for my brother using this to cache transcoded files, definitely need a simpler solution ;-)

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