# Optimized to original quality without making copies?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-to-original-quality-without-making-copies/173350>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-to-original-quality-without-making-copies/173350 "2016-12-29T05:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhodgins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mhodgins](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mhodgins)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-to-original-quality-without-making-copies/173350/1 "2016-12-29T05:44:03Z")

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I would like to optimize my entire library using the ‘original quality’ setting to avoid transcoding for most of my use cases. The documentation states that if a file is already compatible, a copy will be made.

is there a way to skip the copy step and only optimize videos that are not currently compatible?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-to-original-quality-without-making-copies/173350/2 "2020-01-07T22:29:39Z")

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