topic Re: WH-1000XM3 and ALAC in Portable Audio

WH-1000XM3 and ALAC

fedbcc — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:55:06 GMT

Hi all,

I am using PLEX to play ALAC files. I am aware these headphones support 5 different codecs via Bluetooth (SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD and LDAC). So I suspect somewhere in the chain ALAC must be converted to one of the codecs above. So my question is: how do I choose which of the 5 codecs is used over Bluetooth?

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Federico

Re: WH-1000XM3 and ALAC

EdwinaU — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 10:25:26 GMT

Hi Federico,

Welcome to the Sony Community.

We will check this and let you know as soon as we have more information for you. Some of our members may also be able to help.

Best wishes,

Re: WH-1000XM3 and ALAC

The_Black_Rose — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:21:55 GMT

Hi Federico,

As far as I am aware, both ALAC and AAC use the same compression method so I don't think that the playback codec can be changed, well, at least from the headphones itself from what I've seen in the Manual of the headphones. https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm3/v1/en/contents/TP0001703175.html

Cheers,
The_Black_Rose