---
title: "Gets an audio stream."
method: GET
path: "/Audio/{itemId}/universal"
tags: ["UniversalAudio"]
---

# Gets an audio stream.

`GET /Audio/{itemId}/universal`

## Path parameters

- `itemId` string, uuid, required — The item id.

## Query parameters

- `container` string[], nullable — Optional. The audio container.
- `mediaSourceId` string, nullable — The media version id, if playing an alternate version.
- `deviceId` string, nullable — The device id of the client requesting. Used to stop encoding processes when needed.
- `userId` string, uuid, nullable — Optional. The user id.
- `audioCodec` string, nullable — Optional. The audio codec to transcode to.
- `maxAudioChannels` integer, nullable — Optional. The maximum number of audio channels.
- `transcodingAudioChannels` integer, nullable — Optional. The number of how many audio channels to transcode to.
- `maxStreamingBitrate` integer, nullable — Optional. The maximum streaming bitrate.
- `audioBitRate` integer, nullable — Optional. Specify an audio bitrate to encode to, e.g. 128000. If omitted this will be left to encoder defaults.
- `startTimeTicks` integer, nullable — Optional. Specify a starting offset, in ticks. 1 tick = 10000 ms.
- `transcodingContainer` string, nullable — Optional. The container to transcode to.
- `transcodingProtocol` string, nullable — Optional. The transcoding protocol.
- `maxAudioSampleRate` integer, nullable — Optional. The maximum audio sample rate.
- `maxAudioBitDepth` integer, nullable — Optional. The maximum audio bit depth.
- `enableRemoteMedia` boolean, nullable — Optional. Whether to enable remote media.
- `breakOnNonKeyFrames` boolean — Optional. Whether to break on non key frames.
- `enableRedirection` boolean — Whether to enable redirection. Defaults to true.

## Response `200`

Audio stream returned.

## Other responses

- `302` — Redirected to remote audio stream.
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden

---

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