# Optimized Version Quality Settings Are Ignored During Automatic Runs

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-docker, media-optimizer\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155 "2023-03-20T19:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![david.woodward](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/david.woodward/32/99057_2.png) [@david.woodward](https://forums.plex.tv/u/david.woodward)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155/1 "2023-03-20T19:16:56Z")

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Server Version#: 1.31.2.6810 (Official Docker Image)  
Player Version#: 1.65.1.3596-7b1f6d97

I have a series configured to automatically generate a 480p and a 720p version of new episodes as they are added. But the optimization process seems to spin its wheels as if it is creating a new version, but the new files are the same quality as the original file.

If I delete the incorrectly optimized versions and recreate them manually from the settings, it creates versions that are of the quality I configured in the settings.

Is anyone else having this issue? Is there a fix?

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**Author:** ![david.woodward](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/david.woodward/32/99057_2.png) [@david.woodward](https://forums.plex.tv/u/david.woodward)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155/2 "2023-03-23T01:24:26Z")

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Update: My most recent videos have an original quality of 720p and no matter what method I use, it will not optimize down to 480p. It allows me to choose 480p, but when it completed the optimized version it creates is still 720p.

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**Author:** ![david.woodward](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/david.woodward/32/99057_2.png) [@david.woodward](https://forums.plex.tv/u/david.woodward)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155/3 "2023-03-24T02:31:49Z")

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SOLUTION: Uncheck “Disable video stream transcoding” under the transcoder settings

I guess must have accidentally checked that box at some point. All is well now.

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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:** [June 22, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-version-quality-settings-are-ignored-during-automatic-runs/835155/4 "2023-06-22T02:32:30Z")

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