# Downloads not using "optimized versions"

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/downloads-not-using-optimized-versions/932433>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-linux, downloads, android-mobile\
**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/downloads-not-using-optimized-versions/932433 "2025-10-13T16:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![crakerjac21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@crakerjac21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/crakerjac21)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/downloads-not-using-optimized-versions/932433/3 "2025-10-13T18:42:15Z")

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Yeah… That looks like the same issue. But what IS high, medium and low… It’s like speed limit saying medium speed.

There was a comment in that other thread saying that optimized versions cannot be downloaded. On the previous UI, this was NOT the case. I could definitely download the pre-optimized versions.

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