Is there a way to dictate settings for 'Convert Video While Recording' for DVR? Current settings are too high for me

[pshanew]

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No.
5. Plex would have to weigh in on this one.

There are existing feature suggestions for variations on 2 and 3, though none seem to be very popular:

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