diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/model/Song.java b/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/model/Song.java
index 3dbcb538..1e48147a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/model/Song.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/model/Song.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public class Song implements Parcelable {
     public String container;
     public String codec;
 
+    public boolean supportsTranscoding;
+
     public int sampleRate;
     public int bitRate;
     public int bitDepth;
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ public class Song implements Parcelable {
             this.container = source.getContainer();
             this.bitRate = source.getBitrate() != null ? source.getBitrate() : 0;
 
+            this.supportsTranscoding = source.getSupportsTranscoding();
+
             if (source.getMediaStreams() != null && source.getMediaStreams().size() != 0) {
                 MediaStream stream = source.getMediaStreams().get(0);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/service/playback/LocalPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/service/playback/LocalPlayer.java
index aa24ac2b..57595bba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/service/playback/LocalPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/dkanada/gramophone/service/playback/LocalPlayer.java
@@ -147,14 +147,21 @@ public class LocalPlayer implements Playback {
         List<String> containers = PreferenceUtil.getInstance(context).getDirectPlayCodecs().stream()
                 .map(codec -> codec.container.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
         List<String> codecs = PreferenceUtil.getInstance(context).getDirectPlayCodecs().stream()
                 .map(codec -> codec.codec.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
         String maxBitrate = PreferenceUtil.getInstance(context).getMaximumBitrate();
 
         MediaItem mediaItem;
 
-        if (uri.toString().contains("file://") || (containers.contains(song.container.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) && codecs.contains(song.codec.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) && song.bitRate <= Integer.parseInt(maxBitrate))) {
+        boolean shouldDirectPlay =
+                containers.contains(song.container.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) &&
+                codecs.contains(song.codec.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) &&
+                song.bitRate <= Integer.parseInt(maxBitrate);
+
+        if (uri.toString().contains("file://") || shouldDirectPlay || !song.supportsTranscoding) {
             mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder()
                     .setUri(uri)
                     .setMediaId(song.id)