Windows 10: Groove Music - Which format does Groove "prefer" when there are multiple formats of every...

Basically my big Music folder is broken into multiple different formats -- FLAC, MP3, WMA Lossless, etc -- so that I have a format for every occasion and device I use to play the music. I like the simplicity of Groove Music but the simplicity leads to a bit of vagueness in which format it's choosing to use when I play a song. If I look at the properties of a song it lists the folders where that exact song is found, but gives no indication of which one of those folders it's playing from. Does it prefer "Best Quality" (i.e. FLAC)? Or does it prefer "Smallest File" (i.e. MP3)?

I'm fine with not having an option of where to pick it from as long as it prefers highest quality as the default, but so far I haven't found any indication of what it's using.

Example: https://i.imgur.com/kpDRr23.png

quick edit: Also, does anyone know if Groove replaces metadata for my tracks? I went through a lot of effort tagging everything accurately and completely, and I wouldn't appreciate having that undone.

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