# Optimizing Music Videos
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-linux, media-optimizer
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609 "2020-11-20T19:29:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@doomtomato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doomtomato)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/1 "2020-11-20T19:29:23Z")
Server Version#: 1.20.5.3600
Player Version#: Web 4.47.1
I’ve got a few music videos in 4K that I would prefer to stream to things like an iPad off my network. Although I can change the quality, I run Plex off a Raspberry Pi, so it isn’t exactly practical. Anyone know if I’m just missing where you can optimize the videos?
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### Author:  [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/2 "2020-11-20T19:39:04Z")
Are these music videos attacked to your music library? If so, you can’t run the optimizer on these. You’ll have to do it manually. If it’s just a video library, the option should be there. I see it.
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### Author:  [@doomtomato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doomtomato)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/3 "2020-11-20T21:50:08Z")
They are “attached” with inline method per the documentation on Plex’s website. How would I manually optimize them?
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### Author:  [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/4 "2020-11-21T09:51:18Z")
You can’t optimize them, that’s a Plex term. You can manually re-encode them using a program like FFMPEG. If that’s something you’re not familiar with here is a slightly more complicated method.
- copy all the videos into a new folder
- make a new movie library pointing to this new folder
- optimize all the files
- copy the optimized versions and overwrite the original version
- delete this new movie library
- delete this new folder and all the files in it
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### Author:  [@doomtomato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doomtomato)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/5 "2020-11-22T03:02:20Z")
That blows. I have used FFmpeg before, as well as other solutions like handbrake (specifically the CLI version). I wish I could still have both versions to switch between though. What a shame.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimizing-music-videos/655609/6 "2021-02-20T03:02:20Z")
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