diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 3658747..c42d154 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ getConfigDestination() {
 		'copy_mime-type')
 			destinationcopymime[$destination]="${destinationcopymime[$destination]:+${destinationcopymime[$destination]}|}$value"
 		;;
+		'higher-than')
+			expr='^[0-9]*$'
+			if ! [[ $value =~ $expr ]]
+			then
+				echo "Invalid higher-than bitrate value: $value" >&2
+				exit $EMAXBPS
+			fi
+			unset expr
+			destinationmaxbps[$destination]="$value"
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 getConfig() {
@@ -913,6 +923,25 @@ getTags() {
 	fi
 }
 
+checkCopy() {
+	(
+		[ -z "${destinationfrequency[$destination]}" ]		\
+		|| (( ${rate:-0} == ${destinationfrequency[$destination]} ))
+	) && (
+		[ -z "${destinationchannels[$destination]}" ]		\
+		|| (( ${channels:-0} == ${destinationchannels[$destination]} ))
+	) && (
+		(( ${bitrate:-1000} == ${destinationquality[$destination]} ))	\
+		|| (
+			[ -n "${destinationmaxbps[$destination]}" ]	\
+			|| ((
+				${bitrate:-1000}
+				<= ${destinationmaxbps[$destination]:-0}
+			))
+		)
+	)
+}
+
 decodeSox() {
 	if (( ${destinationnormalize["$destination"]} ))
 	then
@@ -950,6 +979,24 @@ encodeFile::MP3() {
 	:
 }
 
+copyFile() {
+	tmpfile="${fileid}copy$destination"
+	extension="${filename##*.}"
+	commandline="cp -al \"$sourcepath/$filename\" \"$destdir/$destfile.$extension\""
+	commandline+=" 2>/dev/null"
+	commandline+=' || '
+	commandline+="cp -a \"$sourcepath/$filename\" \"$destdir/$destfile\""
+	copytaskid=$(
+		Insert tasks <<-EOInsert
+			key		${fileid}copy$destination
+			source_file	$fileid
+			command_line	$commandline
+			status		0
+		EOInsert
+	)
+	progressSpin
+}
+
 encodeFile::Ogg() {
 	#oggenc
 	:
@@ -1286,10 +1333,22 @@ do
 	unset rest
 	case "$mimetype" in
 		'audio/mpeg')
-			decodeSox
+			if [[ ${destinationformat[$destination]} = mp3 ]] \
+			&& checkCopy
+			then
+				copied=1
+			else
+				decodeSox
+			fi
 		;;
 		'application/ogg')
-			decodeSox
+			if [[ ${destinationformat[$destination]} = vorbis ]] \
+			&& checkCopy
+			then
+				copied=1
+			else
+				decodeSox
+			fi
 		;;
 		'audio/x-flac')
 			decodeSox
diff --git a/doc/config b/doc/config
index 5e535f0..0e650b7 100644
--- a/doc/config
+++ b/doc/config
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ Sections:
     * frequency <hertz>: Files will be resampled as needed to <hertz>Hz
       sampling-rate. Shoutcast/Icecast streams require a constant sampling-rate.
       Telephony systems often require a sample rate of 8000Hz.
+    * higher-than <bitrate>: Integer. Only reencode files with bitrates higher
+	  then <bitrate>kbps. This only applies if sample-rate, channel count and of
+	  course format are equal. If unset, only files with bitrates equal to that
+	  of the target will be copied (actually, hardlinking will be attempted
+	  first). As Ogg Vorbis target quality is not defined by its bitrate, Ogg
+	  Vorbis files will always be reencoded if unset.
 
   Ogg parameters:
     * quality <quality>: The quality parameter of oggenc. See man oggenc for
diff --git a/doc/example.cfg b/doc/example.cfg
index 7f7ebce..0958034 100644
--- a/doc/example.cfg
+++ b/doc/example.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ path	/mnt/Musique-mp3.test
 format	mp3
 bitrate	96
 normalize	yes
+higher-than	128
 
 # rename file, path unchanged
 rename	%{track}--%{artist}-%{title}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ skip_mime-type	text/*
 
 [asterisk]
 path		/mnt/Musique-asterisk
+quality		0
 format		vorbis
 normalize	yes
 channels	1