diff --git a/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm b/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
index 916630aa20d..e760bd39529 100644
--- a/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
+++ b/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ sub loadConversionTables {
 			$line =~ s/^\s*//o;
 			$line =~ s/\s*$//o;
 
-			if ($line =~ /^proxy\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/i) {
-				push @{$proxies{$1}}, $2;
+			if ($line =~ /^proxy\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/i) {	
+				$proxies{$1} = $2;
 			}
 			elsif ($line =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/) {
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ sub getConvertCommand2 {
 	}
 
 	if ($prefs->get('prioritizeNative')) {
-		my @types = $proxies{$type} ? @{$proxies{$type}} : ($type);
+		my @types = split /,/, ($proxies{$type} || $type);			
 		unshift @types, 'pcm' if grep /wav/, @types;	
 		foreach my $type (@types) {
 			my ($format) = grep /$type/, @supportedformats;
diff --git a/convert.conf b/convert.conf
index 0e12680a124..ea072e7a824 100644
--- a/convert.conf
+++ b/convert.conf
@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@
 # %Q,              - quality ( fractal notation: if = '0' return '01' )
 #     ${FILENAME}$ - contents of {FILENAME} (may contain other $*$ substitutions )
 #
-# It's also possible to define "proxies" who tell rules matcher what format a helper
-# spits out. This is useful to stick to player's native format whenever possible. Use
-# multiple lines if an helper can output different formats (increasing priority)
-# 	proxy <helper_format> <output_format>
+# It's also possible to define "proxies" who tell rules matcher what format(s) a 
+# helper spits out. This is useful to stick to player's native format whenever 
+# possible. Use comma-separated list for multiple output formats, from least 
+# favorite to most favorite
+# 	proxy <helper_format> <output_format>[,<output_format>]
 # For example if a plugin has created a new format named 'spt' whose helper's output
-# is always 'ogg', you would use
-# 	proxy spt ogg
+# is 'ogg' or 'pcm', and you want 'ogg' to be most desired, then add
+# 	proxy spt pcm,ogg
 
 # specific combinations match before wildcards