# Fix - Sync music without transcoding/optimizing in iOS app

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573 "2016-06-20T14:34:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tycovie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tycovie/32/19504_2.png) [@tycovie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tycovie)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573/1 "2016-06-20T14:34:13Z")

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Seems to be a problem for some users. When syncing a file (particularly song or album), sync gets hung up at 50%. I have found the option to select the audio quality, but why not allow original; like in Remote Audio Quality.

Tyler

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**Author:** ![j8lbr8ck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@j8lbr8ck](https://forums.plex.tv/u/j8lbr8ck)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573/2 "2016-12-28T14:14:07Z")

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+1; highly supported. Otherwise real music enthusiasts can’t really use Plex, since there is always transcoding happening

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**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573/3 "2021-06-09T22:47:26Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Sync to devices without transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614):
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> 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. &nbsp; 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. &nbsp; Therefore I'd like to be able to sync movies/series without transcod…

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**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/fix-sync-music-without-transcoding-optimizing-in-ios-app/148573/4 "2021-06-10T00:44:04Z")

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