DVR option to keep 5 episodes does not keep 5

Usually it keeps only 2 or 3. Some shows I have seen 4. I just tested this further by changing the setting to “Keep all” for one of my test shows. After a few days I had 9-10 episodes saved up. I changed the setting back to “Keep 5” and it immediately deleted all but two. Can anyone explain what might be going on here? I do have it set up to create an optimized version of each show. Is it counting show files and not episodes?

Can I set up plex to only keep the optimized version? Or can I set it up to keep 10 or 20 episodes instead?

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