so im optimizing my movies to 2mb / 720p. I have notice that it is giving some strange names to the new files. Where does it read the name of movie from. Can it not just copy the filename??
Same problem here! File name now is just “S04E13.mp4”. And with that file name I can’t really search for subtitles,
same to me.
@stphnwaikari said:
so im optimizing my movies to 2mb / 720p. I have notice that it is giving some strange names to the new files. Where does it read the name of movie from. Can it not just copy the filename??
The Movie info is embedded into the new file, additionally the information is stored in the Plex Database
@lechuck0r said:
Same problem here! File name now is just “S04E13.mp4”. And with that file name I can’t really search for subtitles,
Didn’t the non-optimized version you started with have subtitles?
If it did the optimized version should already have subtitles
Optimization Quality
You can choose one of the preset optimization qualities or select your own. The options:
- Optimized for Mobile - 1.5 Mbps 720p - Video is limited to 720p and 1.5 Mbps and audio streams will be preserved and transcoded to AAC 2.0 if needed. SRT subtitle streams will be copied as sidecar files and other subtitle formats will be burned into the video if selected (prior to optimization).
- Optimized for TV - 4Mbps 1080p - Video is limited to 1080p and 4 Mbps and audio streams will be preserved and transcoded to AAC or AC3 if needed. SRT subtitle streams will be copied as sidecar files and other subtitle formats will be burned into the video if selected (prior to optimization).
- Original Quality - This will use the original resolution and won’t place any bitrate limitations. If the audio or video streams are already compatible with the MP4 container, they’ll be copied as-is.
REF: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/213095317-Creating-Optimized-Versions
hi any solution for optimize naming issue since my plex unable to search without manual changing file name.
@tieptoi said:
hi any solution for optimize naming issue since my plex unable to search without manual changing file name.
What issue are you referring to?
The naming used is how the Media Optimizer names them.
Why are you needing to use the plex search feature to find the optimized version?
@hthighway said:
@tieptoi said:
hi any solution for optimize naming issue since my plex unable to search without manual changing file name.What issue are you referring to?
The naming used is how the Media Optimizer names them.
Why are you needing to use the plex search feature to find the optimized version?
For example, i used Plex Optimize to optimimize “S07E08.mkv” then it created new file “S07E08.mp4” with subtitle file name as “S07E08.8997.eng.srt”. Therefore, i have to remove “.8997” in sub name to make it work 
So are you saying that when you select Play Optimized from a plex client the subtitles do not work?
@hthighway said:
So are you saying that when you selectPlay Optimizedfrom a plex client the subtitles do not work?
Yes. Subtitles only work with the original version
Which client(s) are you using?
have tried it in plex/web, the android app, and PMP, and all of those will play the subtitles correctly when the optimized version is selected
I have the same issue.
Optimized versions are created correctly, I think the naming is also as per the standard? Plex is just not picking up SRT’s in the optimized versions folder, for whatever reason?
In my case renaming did not work.
I even made a new category only indexing the optimized versions folder and still no subs?
Tested on Chrome, PMP for Mac and Nvidia Shield TV.
Optimized version:
Get rid of the arbitrary number in the subtitle file names. It doesn’t belong there.
