# Feature Request: Obey DirectPlay force flag on mobile sync **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-obey-directplay-force-flag-on-mobile-sync/164588 "2016-10-25T16:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gordan79](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gordan79/32/105118_2.png) [@gordan79](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gordan79)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-obey-directplay-force-flag-on-mobile-sync/164588/1 "2016-10-25T16:37:56Z")
At the moment, the DirectPlay flag is not being obeyed/considered when initiating Mobile Sync. Please consider adding a feature that passes this to the sync back end in order to avoid huge amount of CPU burn despite the user having specified in the settings that their device can handle the content regardless of what the capability auto-detection may think. ---
**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 9, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-obey-directplay-force-flag-on-mobile-sync/164588/2 "2021-06-09T22:46:04Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Sync to devices without transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614): > > Yesterday I bought PremPass so I could sync series and movies to my phone, but today I found out that due to Plex NEEDING to encode everything before it can sync, I am not able to sync to devices since my Synology DS213 does not seem to be able to transcode.   Since I am able to stream everything just fine without transcoding, I do not understand why transcoding is a MUST since it seems to be working without it just fine.   Therefore I'd like to be able to sync movies/series without transcod… ---
**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, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-obey-directplay-force-flag-on-mobile-sync/164588/3 "2021-06-10T00:44:26Z")