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Contributor I
March 1, 2022
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Can a Sonos Play 3 with a S1 controller play FLAC and album-files?

Dear community members

 

I’m new to this forum, please excuse me if I posted this in the wrong place.

 

I’m using a Play 3  on a Windows desktop with a S1 Controller.

 

My question is: .Can a Sonos Play 3 with a S1 controller play FLAC and album-files?

 

If you need any additional information, let me know and I’ll try to provide it.

 

Yours sincerely

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Mr. T
Mr. TAnswer
March 1, 2022

Yes, S1 is able to play FLAC files with a maximum bit-rate of 16-bit.

Please see this link for supported audio formats

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Mr. T
Mr. TAnswer
March 1, 2022

Yes, S1 is able to play FLAC files with a maximum bit-rate of 16-bit.

Please see this link for supported audio formats

Contributor I
March 1, 2022

Yes, S1 is able to play FLAC files with a maximum bit-rate of 16-bit.

Please see this link for supported audio formats

Dear Sir 

Thank you for your help!

Some files are at a bit rate of 24 bit. Is there a way to convert this to 16 bit so that my Sonos can play it?

Yours sincerely

Mr. T
March 1, 2022

Some files are at a bit rate of 24 bit. Is there a way to convert this to 16 bit so that my Sonos can play it?

 

I have no experience with this but others have previously recommended dBpoweramp