diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d9bdb34a..7ff67c3e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   def need_transcode?(song)
     song_format = song.format
 
-    return true if !browser.safari? && !song_format.in?(Stream::WEB_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
-    # Non-Safari browsers don't support ALAC format. So we need to transcode it.
-    return true if !browser.safari? && song_format == "m4a" && song.lossless?
-    return true if browser.safari? && !song_format.in?(Stream::SAFARI_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
+    unless native_app?
+      return true if !browser.safari? && !song_format.in?(Stream::WEB_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
+      # Non-Safari browsers don't support ALAC format. So we need to transcode it.
+      return true if !browser.safari? && song_format == "m4a" && song.lossless?
+      return true if browser.safari? && !song_format.in?(Stream::SAFARI_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
+    end
+
     return true if ios_app? && !song_format.in?(Stream::IOS_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
     return true if android_app? && !song_format.in?(Stream::ANDROID_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)