A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to provide device playback preferences in multimedia file metadata. A method is provided comprising identifying one or more playback devices; receiving a file to be played back; searching one or more data in the file for playback settings of the one or more playback devices; processing one or more playback settings for the one or more playback devices based on the one or more data; and causing play back of the file with the one or more playback devices. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided.