# Set priority for internal file codecs?
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/set-priority-for-internal-file-codecs/18597
**Category:** FMOD Engine
**Tags:** cpp
**Created:** [March 30, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/set-priority-for-internal-file-codecs/18597 "2022-03-30T07:04:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@bLAZER](https://qa.fmod.com/u/bLAZER)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/set-priority-for-internal-file-codecs/18597/1 "2022-03-30T07:04:12Z")
Is it possible set priority for FMOD internal codecs (or disable them)?
If I have my own codec and I want that to try a file first of every codec (before internal mp3/ogg etc.) Does setting 0 as priority when loading the plugin accomplishes that? If not, what priority has FMOD’s codecs and how do you give them lower priority?
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### Author:  [@jeff\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/jeff_fmod)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/set-priority-for-internal-file-codecs/18597/2 "2022-04-05T02:01:07Z")
Registering a codec with a priority of 0 will give it the highest priority. If another codec already has a priority of 0 then your newly registered codec will still have a higher priority, and both codecs will have a higher priority than a codec with a priority of 1.
You cannot change the priority order of FMOD internal codecs, but here is the priority of each codec as of 2.02.06:
```auto
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_FSB, // 250
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_WAV, // 600
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_OGGVORBIS, // 800
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_AIFF, // 1000
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_FLAC, // 1100
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_MOD, // 1200
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_S3M, // 1300
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_XM, // 1400
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_IT, // 1500
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_MIDI, // 1600
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_DLS, // 1700
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_ASF, // 1900
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_AUDIOQUEUE, // 2200
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_MEDIACODEC, // 2250
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_MPEG, // 2400
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_PLAYLIST, // 2450
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_RAW, // 2500
FMOD_SOUND_TYPE_USER // 2600
```
This seems likesomething that should be documented, I will add a task to include this information in our docs.
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### Author:  [@bLAZER](https://qa.fmod.com/u/bLAZER)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/set-priority-for-internal-file-codecs/18597/3 "2022-04-05T18:54:37Z")
Perfect, just what I needed, thanks!