Enabling Lossless Streaming

Quick Start Guide

Follow the instructions below to stream lossless audio with Beatport Professional Streaming:

1. Verify under My Subscriptions you have a Professional Streaming subscription.
2. Ensure your preferred streaming DJ software supports Beatport lossless streaming.
3. Change your streaming quality.
4. Clear your cache.

What is Lossless Streaming?

• Lossless streaming enables DJs to stream tracks in their original audio quality without any loss of data by utilizing the FLAC audio codec.
• Professional tier Streaming subscribers may choose to stream tracks in either 256K AAC or lossless FLAC audio formats using supported DJ software.
• Lossless streaming is only available via supported DJ software, and is not available when streaming via Beatport.com, Beatport DJ, or the Beatport app.

Supported Software

Beatport Streaming Professional subscribers can change the streaming quality between 128/256 AAC, and FLAC via Beatport.com or their chosen DJ platform integration. To learn more about audio quality when using Beatport Streaming please refer to this article.

Below is the current status of our partner integration progress as of October 2024:

In-App Setting: Although FLAC streaming is supported, this column indicates whether the DJ software has released the feature to adjust the streaming quality within their application.

Enabling Lossless Streaming

You can change your streaming quality either in your DJ software (where supported), or via the Streaming Preferences section of your Beatport.com Account Settings.

Clearing Your Cache & Offline Library Refresh

Beatport Streaming & Offline Library utilize a local cache that may cause previously-played & Offline Library tracks to continue to play in 256K AAC after you've changed your streaming quality to lossless. Clearing your local cache is required to ensure all tracks are played in the lossless format.

Clearing cache in all supported DJ software, except Serato

1. Change your streaming quality to Lossless (FLAC)

2. Back-up your Offline Library:

   • Create a new Beatport Streaming playlist called “Offline Library Refresh”.

   • Select all tracks in the Offline Library and drag-and-drop them into the new Offline Library Refresh playlist.

   • Remove all tracks from the Offline Library.

3. Log out of Beatport Streaming.

4. Log back into Beatport Streaming.

5. Restore your Offline Library:

   • Select all tracks in the Offline Library Refresh playlist and drag-and-drop them into the Offline Library.

Clearing cache in Serato

1. Change your streaming quality to Lossless (FLAC).
2. Back-up your Offline Locker:

   • Create a new Beatport Streaming playlist called “Offline Library Refresh”.

   • Select all tracks in the Offline Library and drag-and-drop them into the new Offline Library Refresh playlist.

   • Remove all tracks from the Offline Library: Select all tracks in the Offline Locker and press CTRL+Delete (Windows) or CMD+Delete (Mac).

3. Close Serato.

4. Delete the cached files from the computer:

   • Mac: Open Finder > click Go at the top > Go to Folder > input ~/Library/Application Support/Serato/Streaming/Beatport/ and press return > double click on the ID number folder (example: 1234567) > right click on the tr folder and select Move to Trash.

   • Windows: In Windows Explorer, navigate to
     /Users/{user_name}/Library/Application Support/Serato/Streaming/ > double click on the ID number folder (example: 1234567) > right click on the tr folder and select Delete Folder.

5. Open Serato.

6. Restore your Offline Library:

   • Select all tracks in the Offline Library Refresh playlist and drag-and-drop them into the Offline Library.

Verifying Lossless Streaming in Serato

It can be challenging to verify you are streaming lossless audio rather than 256K AAC. Most DJ software does not display the bitrate for streaming tracks, but Serato does.

To verify you are streaming lossless quality in Serato:

1. In the Serato track browser, right-click the column header and ensure bitrate is selected.
   
   
2. Load a track into the player and press play.
3. Review the bitrate displayed. The bitrate for lossless FLAC files will vary, but is generally 700 KBPS or higher.

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