# Auto optimization **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-optimization/130533 "2016-01-08T03:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aa1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@aa1979](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aa1979)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-optimization/130533/1 "2016-01-08T03:39:46Z")
What if there were a setting whereby the first time you play a video, Plex operates as usual, transcoding to the prescribed quality for the viewer, but in doing so it actually saves the transcoded video as an optimized version. Now, the next time that video is played, the optimized version is automatically selected and the server doesn’t have to transcode anything. There could be a storage size limit, and the auto-transcoded files could be deleted in reverse chronological order if the storage size limit is met. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-optimization/130533/2 "2021-05-30T15:58:35Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Feature Request: Keep Transcoded Files](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-keep-transcoded-files/62970): > > This may not be for people that are low on disk but I'd like to be able to keep my transcoded sessions for later use by the same compatible device.   For example, I begin watching a movie on Chromecast and my server does the work to transcode it on the fly then halfway through I decide to stop the movie or move to the bedroom. Why not have the server keep the transcoded part files and then serve up a direct play to the new session.    OR   I sync content to my Nexus 7 for an upcoming fligh… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-optimization/130533/3 "2021-06-10T00:45:21Z")