# \[BUG\] iOS download transcoding when doesn't needed

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-ios-download-transcoding-when-doesnt-needed/917937>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** downloads, ios\
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-ios-download-transcoding-when-doesnt-needed/917937 "2025-05-10T09:21:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![timur\_yild55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@timur\_yild55](https://forums.plex.tv/u/timur_yild55)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-ios-download-transcoding-when-doesnt-needed/917937/1 "2025-05-10T09:21:22Z")

</div>

Server Version#: 1.41.6.9685  
Player Version#:2025.15.0  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>

Hi, with the latest update i found one bug on iOS

when downloading a show episode per episode, it download original but when downloading one season (all episode of the season) of the same show, it transcode every episode.. the file is encoded in H264

iPhone 13, latest update.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ozsmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@ozsmac](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ozsmac)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-ios-download-transcoding-when-doesnt-needed/917937/2 "2025-05-10T12:04:42Z")

</div>

reported already here - [BUG - Transcoding forced when downloading "season" of shows in iOS 2025.15.0 (and .14)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-transcoding-forced-when-downloading-season-of-shows-in-ios-2025-15-0-and-14/914667/1)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-ios-download-transcoding-when-doesnt-needed/917937/3 "2025-08-08T12:05:29Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.