Try to look around but I did not find the right procedeure to keep only the optimized version and delete the original one.
I copy the original in my drive, then I perform the optimization, I got a subfolder with plex version.
If I delete from Plex the original version also the optimized one disappear.
I copied the optimized version in a new folder so I got 3 files of the same movie, then I deleted the previous 2. Then I had to rescan the complete library to se only the version I wanted. Takes hours to do all this. Would be really easy, just to delete the original verison and keep the one optimized and avoid to rescan the all library again. Seems easy, but not possible, sometimes I do not understand why Plex makes things so complicated for nothing
Well… that depends a bit on what use cases you’re trying to push into Plex 
Plex is not designed for that particular use case. From Plex perspective, the server has catalogued your original file and that’s its reference – optimized versions are there to improve playback on certain devices (e.g. for syncing them to a mobile device or to avoid transcoding your files in real-time) – while maintaining the original files to play in original quality on clients capable to play them in that format.
There’s other apps you can use to create lower-quality files to replace your original content (e.g. Handbrake).
That being said… there’s a feature suggestion to change this:
Hi, thanks for the answer, but I do not agree, but you are the boss, software is yours so you do what you do.
And I do not understand the meaning of this feature request, there are many with lot of votes since 5 years but never taken in consideration, like cast and actors in Android version.
So no reason to vote if there no action from your side. But the you implemented a useless “watch together feature” that nobody use and requested.
Plex for me is the best software, but you should listen more your customers, bye
just a ninja (=regular user with forum moderator role) – not associated with Plex beyond that.
There’s tons of action. You can e.g. search for the posts in the feature suggestion category that are tagged as “implemented”. In the end the votes and suggestions is one factor on what topics are being pushed by Plex – not saying I like that… there’s a number of features I’d like to see implemented or fixed.
But as you said… it’s up to Plex which ones they pick.
Still… that doesn’t make voting for your preferred requests/suggestions obsolete. If you opt not to vote, you’ll need to accept that the influence the community has is directed solely by other users (who might have very different ideas from yours).
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