# Optimized Versions Playing By Default **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions-playing-by-default/160430 "2016-09-27T05:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chingadera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Chingadera](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chingadera)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions-playing-by-default/160430/1 "2016-09-27T05:04:46Z")
I’ve been using the optimized versions feature to make 720kbps encodes readily available which I can quickly sync to my kids tablets without having to transcode everything each time I sync. One issue I’ve run into (intermittently) is when I play regular episodes through the web interface or on my Roku, Plex will stream the lower bitrate encode by default despite the fact that a better 1080p version is available and accessible. Is this a misconfiguration on my part? I’m not doing anything special when I view an episode, I simply hit play and let Plex do its thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chingadera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Chingadera](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chingadera)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions-playing-by-default/160430/2 "2016-09-27T05:08:18Z")
I forgot to mention I’m running the latest version of PMS on Ubuntu 14.04. Version 1.1.4.2757 Linux media-pc 3.19.0-42-generic #48~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 18 10:24:49 UTC 2015 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions-playing-by-default/160430/3 "2020-01-07T21:57:50Z")
Closed on January 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC