# \[Feature Request\] New filter for "Unoptimized Media"

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-new-filter-for-unoptimized-media/155397>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-new-filter-for-unoptimized-media/155397 "2016-08-22T10:38:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dunebuggy1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dunebuggy1/32/8022_2.png) [@dunebuggy1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dunebuggy1)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-new-filter-for-unoptimized-media/155397/1 "2016-08-22T10:38:17Z")

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I find the whole optimization process to be flaky at the moment - as a result a number of files I send for optimization don’t seem to make it through, and I have a patchy library. In order to see my unoptimized media I’d like to request a filter which shows “unoptimized items”, perhaps within the Movies and TV Libraries. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-new-filter-for-unoptimized-media/155397/2 "2016-08-22T15:12:44Z")

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Some files don’t get optimized, because they already are within the limits defined by the optimization profile. To optimze them again won’t be smart because every transcode process makes the quality worse, uses up energy and storage space.