# Issue transcoding - only one language are kept

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-docker, downloads\
**Created:** [October 21, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922 "2026-10-21T17:50:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jorman\_franzini\_gmail\_com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jorman_franzini_gmail_com/32/236816_2.png) [@jorman\_franzini\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jorman_franzini_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922/1 "2026-10-21T17:50:59Z")

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Server Version#: 1.43.5.11029  
Player Version#: 2026.20.0

Hi everyone, something strange is happening to me—it’s probably just a configuration issue, but I can’t figure out where I’m going wrong.

Here’s what’s happening:

- I download an episode from my smartphone, and I’ve set the optimization to 720p. I don’t download the original version—it takes up too much space and doesn’t make sense—so it gets re-encoded.
- When I launch the optimized version on my smartphone, I notice that all the available languages (even if there are multiple languages) are all in English.
- The original file is correct, but the transcoded file is not

It almost seems as if only the first language is recognized, and then everything else is removed.

I hope I did the log correctly; I enabled debugging and downloaded it from Windows to attach it.

What am I doing wrong?

[Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-10-21\_19-47-29.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/cvehAtsp1zb5Xx9ThBBmfb9Sczv.zip) (3.2 MB)

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**Author:** ![MovieFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922/2 "2026-10-21T23:27:42Z")

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There is a bug where downloads content will not switch to a different audio track. Will have to wait for a fix.

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**Author:** ![jorman\_franzini\_gmail\_com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jorman_franzini_gmail_com/32/236816_2.png) [@jorman\_franzini\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jorman_franzini_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922/3 "2026-10-22T21:30:32Z")

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Ok, so not ok, but ok got it.  
Do you know if there’s some ETA?  
Is this a recent bug, or is it an “old” one?  
So for now the only solution is to copy the whole file, am I wrong?

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**Author:** ![MovieFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issue-transcoding-only-one-language-are-kept/944922/4 "2026-10-23T19:49:53Z")

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It’s a recent playback bug. The file is downloaded with the proper tracks, the playback just doesn’t switch.