diff --git a/docs/docs/install/config-file.md b/docs/docs/install/config-file.md
index b789d8653f..ed902f39cf 100644
--- a/docs/docs/install/config-file.md
+++ b/docs/docs/install/config-file.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The default configuration looks like this:
     "targetVideoCodec": "h264",
     "acceptedVideoCodecs": ["h264"],
     "targetAudioCodec": "aac",
-    "acceptedAudioCodecs": ["aac", "mp3", "libopus"],
+    "acceptedAudioCodecs": ["aac", "mp3", "libopus", "pcm_s16le"],
     "acceptedContainers": ["mov", "ogg", "webm"],
     "targetResolution": "720",
     "maxBitrate": "0",
diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/audio_codec.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/audio_codec.dart
index ca195f7d06..ea1e96f36e 100644
Binary files a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/audio_codec.dart and b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/audio_codec.dart differ
diff --git a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
index 415cc663f4..b99da367b8 100644
--- a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
+++ b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
@@ -8507,7 +8507,8 @@
         "enum": [
           "mp3",
           "aac",
-          "libopus"
+          "libopus",
+          "pcm_s16le"
         ],
         "type": "string"
       },
diff --git a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
index 2077943bf8..17079c07c3 100644
--- a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
+++ b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
@@ -3501,7 +3501,8 @@ export enum TranscodeHWAccel {
 export enum AudioCodec {
     Mp3 = "mp3",
     Aac = "aac",
-    Libopus = "libopus"
+    Libopus = "libopus",
+    PcmS16Le = "pcm_s16le"
 }
 export enum VideoContainer {
     Mov = "mov",
diff --git a/server/src/config.ts b/server/src/config.ts
index b79643c501..e386c134b4 100644
--- a/server/src/config.ts
+++ b/server/src/config.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export const defaults = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
     targetVideoCodec: VideoCodec.H264,
     acceptedVideoCodecs: [VideoCodec.H264],
     targetAudioCodec: AudioCodec.AAC,
-    acceptedAudioCodecs: [AudioCodec.AAC, AudioCodec.MP3, AudioCodec.LIBOPUS],
+    acceptedAudioCodecs: [AudioCodec.AAC, AudioCodec.MP3, AudioCodec.LIBOPUS, AudioCodec.PCMS16LE],
     acceptedContainers: [VideoContainer.MOV, VideoContainer.OGG, VideoContainer.WEBM],
     targetResolution: '720',
     maxBitrate: '0',
diff --git a/server/src/enum.ts b/server/src/enum.ts
index 157fa0003d..8c11834dac 100644
--- a/server/src/enum.ts
+++ b/server/src/enum.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ export enum AudioCodec {
   MP3 = 'mp3',
   AAC = 'aac',
   LIBOPUS = 'libopus',
+  PCMS16LE = 'pcm_s16le',
 }
 
 export enum VideoContainer {
diff --git a/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts
index 807d8299b8..f81abc4795 100644
--- a/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/system-config.service.spec.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const updatedConfig = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
     threads: 0,
     preset: 'ultrafast',
     targetAudioCodec: AudioCodec.AAC,
-    acceptedAudioCodecs: [AudioCodec.AAC, AudioCodec.MP3, AudioCodec.LIBOPUS],
+    acceptedAudioCodecs: [AudioCodec.AAC, AudioCodec.MP3, AudioCodec.LIBOPUS, AudioCodec.PCMS16LE],
     targetResolution: '720',
     targetVideoCodec: VideoCodec.H264,
     acceptedVideoCodecs: [VideoCodec.H264],
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/admin-page/settings/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-settings.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/admin-page/settings/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-settings.svelte
index c048a22207..42cc004c52 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/admin-page/settings/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-settings.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/admin-page/settings/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-settings.svelte
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
           onSelect={() => (config.ffmpeg.acceptedVideoCodecs = [config.ffmpeg.targetVideoCodec])}
         />
 
+        <!-- PCM is excluded here since it's a bad choice for users storage-wise -->
         <SettingSelect
           label={$t('admin.transcoding_audio_codec')}
           {disabled}
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@
             { value: AudioCodec.Aac, text: 'AAC' },
             { value: AudioCodec.Mp3, text: 'MP3' },
             { value: AudioCodec.Libopus, text: 'Opus' },
+            { value: AudioCodec.PcmS16Le, text: 'PCM (16 bit)' },
           ]}
           isEdited={!isEqual(sortBy(config.ffmpeg.acceptedAudioCodecs), sortBy(savedConfig.ffmpeg.acceptedAudioCodecs))}
         />