# \[Feature Request\] Remembering optimize custom settings

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090 "2017-07-24T17:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cooad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cooad](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Cooad)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090/1 "2017-07-24T17:52:18Z")

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Hello  
My server is not very powerful, so i use the “optimize” function quite often. I transcode a lot of stuff to 1,5Mbps 480p,in order to watch it on my phone.  
However, every time I want to set up a new optimize task, I need to select “custom quality” setting, enter the name for it, specify target device and quality - Is there a way to save this setting?  
Also - I always name the quality “SD”, and I save everything in the root directory. Because I use my own settings I end up with a lot of meaningless directories:  
-root:  
–Plex Vesrions:  
—SD 1180:  
----content A  
—SD 1217:  
----content B  
and so on…  
Saving the custom quality setting would probably fix that.  
So, is it possible to somehow save this setting? If no, consider this post a feature request 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lib\_Plex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Lib\_Plex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Lib_Plex)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090/2 "2017-08-03T16:42:15Z")

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Bump - I am unable to save my custom settings as well

I assume this was the intended feature… as PLEX gives the option to “name” your custom settings…  
but they are not saved…

It would be great to be able to set it up once… and have PLEX auto encode all new recordings

Thanks, otherwise.  
Loving the new PVR

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**Author:** ![bobpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bobpaul](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobpaul)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090/3 "2019-11-03T18:07:53Z")

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There’s a feature request you can vote on if you’d like to see this:

> [@\[Feature Request\] Reuse custom optimization settings](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-reuse-custom-optimization-settings/168894):
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> I’m creating optimized versions for some of my videos. In the optimization settings, I select “Custom” and a quality, e.g. “2 Mbps 720p”. Plex lets me specify a name for that custom quality. However, I don’t get the meaning of this. The custom name cannot be reused, which makes it pretty useless. My wish is to have either one of the following options: Set a default quality for an optimization profile (e.g. “Optimized for Mobile”) Alternatively, offer a possibility to add new profiles that can…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-remembering-optimize-custom-settings/200090/4 "2020-02-01T18:07:53Z")

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Closed on February 1, 2020, 6:07pm UTC

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