- Passthrough: The preferred method if you have an audio setup (AVR/Soundbar). This mode sends the audio signals without any alteration or processing.
- Direct Play: The client natively supports the container, video, and audio streams. The Plex server sends the media file as-is to the client, using very little CPU power.
- Transcode: The client does not support the video and/or audio streams. The Plex server re-encodes the video, audio, or both into a compatible format. Transcoding video uses much CPU power, but transcoding audio uses little to moderate CPU power.
*partial used source: [Infuse FAQ](https://support.firecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/217735707-Audio-Options-tvOS#h_01HE1Z5XNJZK5YTF1SVTPS0MTR){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}*
??? info "Am I losing any quality by using LPCM? - [Click to show/hide]"
- No. Since LPCM is a lossless format, using it will result in no loss of quality. What your ears hear will be exactly the same. The only difference is your receiver will recognize the audio stream as PCM instead of Dolby/DTS.
- LPCM will discard object and spatial metadata. (TrueHD Atmos, DTS-X)
Suppose you have chosen a profile that includes Audio Formats. In that case, lowering the scores or blocking certain audio formats is somewhat pointless since 95% of the Remuxes and UHD Encodes provide HD audio formats such as TrueHD Atmos, TrueHD, and DTS-X.
