How do I know the optimized version is "better" than the original?

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Hi all -

I have completed an arduous batch of 500GB of movies.

How do I know that the optimized versions (the new Plex Versions) are better than the originals?

I would like to remove those originals if the Plex version is better

thank you so much for reading and responding

Tim

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‘Optimized’ does not mean ‘better’.
Optimized means ‘probably easier to stream’ because live transcoding can be avoided when playing back these files.
‘Optimizing’ is a measure to ease the burden on your server’s cpu, not to make files ‘better’.

btw. quality-wise, those ‘optimized’ files are never better. Because the video and/or audio stream may have been ‘transcoded’, which is always a lossy process.

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thank you so much kind sir :slight_smile: