Plex obviously has the option to convert video to an appropriate format. Unfortunately it means a sub directory within the existing directory with a secondary video file. I think I speak for a large chunk of the Plex community when I say that this is getting really really stupid that plex doesn’t h…

I’m moving this to feature suggestion area. Don’t +1, vote.

This has been requested before. Closing as duplicate. [image] [Feature Request] Keep the optimized movie version only Feature Suggestions I would be able to provide a way to delete the original movie and keep the optimized version automatically

Add a "delete original" after conversion option

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OttoKerner September 25, 2019, 9:24am 3

This has been requested before. Closing as duplicate.

Topic		Replies	Views
[Feature Request] Keep the optimized movie version only Feature Suggestions media-optimizer	42	2123	April 25, 2026
Keep an Optimized version and delete the original video General Discussions	6	489	August 9, 2016
Allow deletion of original file, keeping optimized version Feature Suggestions	2	178	January 2, 2016
Feature Request: Delete source file after optimizing Feature Suggestions	2	103	April 7, 2016
Transcode and Delete Original Feature Suggestions	1	285	January 11, 2017

Add a "delete original" after conversion option

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