• AccurateRip
• Acoustid
• AES/EBU
• AirPlay
• Amplifier
• aptX
• Audio file formats
• • AAC
  • AIFF
  • ALAC
  • APE
  • DSD
  • DXD
  • FLAC
  • MP3
  • MQA
  • M4A
  • WAV
  • WMAL
• ASRC
• AVB
• Bit perfect jitter
• Bits: 16 or 24
• Bit perfect playback
• Bitrate
• Bluetooth
• Burn-in
• BWF
• Cables
  • Analog
  • Speaker
  • Bi-wiring
  • Digital
• CDtext
• Chromecast
• Clipping
• Clock
• Codec
• Compression
• CRC
• Crossover
• Cue sheet
• DAC
• Damping
• DASH
• Digital
• Digital Room Correction
• Dither
• DLNA
• Drivers
  • ASIO
  • Direct Sound
  • Kernel Streaming
  • WASAPI
  • Wave Out
• DoP
• DSP
• EBU R128 (loudness)
• FFT
• FireWire
• Freedb
• Gapless playback
• Generation loss
• HDMI
• Headphone listening
• Hearing
  • Single-sided deafness
  • Hard of hearing
• Hires recording
• Homeplug
• I2S
• ID3
• Inter sample peak
• LDAC
• Linearity (DAC)
• Memory playback
• Music Server
• OCF
• OFC
• PCM
• Perception
• RAID
• ReplayGain
• Ripping
• RFI
• RIAA
• Router
• Sampling, up and over
• Sample Rate Conversion
• Speakers
  • Driver design
  • Crossover
  • Amplification
  • Connecting
  • Measurement
  • Placement
• S/PDIF
• Storage
• Sync
• Tagging
• Toslink
• Transcoding
• UAA
• Units
• UPnP
• USB
• VST
• WiFi
• WiSA

Transcoding

Transcoding is converting the audio format on the fly when transferring the content from one device to another.

 

Often people maintain two libraries.

A lossless one for the main rig at home and a lossy one for the portable.

This is a horrible job.

Transcoding is a better way.

 

Most media players support transcoding.

It is part of the synchronizing.

If your audio on the PC is in a format not supported by your portable, the syncing software translate on the fly to a format the portable do understand.

 

Likewise you might prefer to have a substantial collection on your portable as well.
Converting from lossless formats to high bitrate MP3 or AAC allows you to do so.