# Pre-transcode sync **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [February 13, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pre-transcode-sync/689993 "2021-02-13T11:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![landski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@landski](https://forums.plex.tv/u/landski)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pre-transcode-sync/689993/1 "2021-02-13T11:19:17Z")
Just like having optimised versions for streaming, we should have the option to have the transcoded sync files in folders on the server. My use case is having 3 iPads for the kids. Plex is almost exclusively used for travel on these iPads, and the kids want virtually the same content. As it is now, all content has to be transcoded and sync’d on each iPad individually, which is really time consuming, causing transcoding queueing and I have to start preparing the iPads at least two days before departure. If due to some Plex app update the content has become unsync’d, it tries to transcode and download all sync’d content already on the full iPad, only recourse is to delete the app and start fresh. If the kids libraries were pre-transcoded for sync, all that would be needed was to download the sync’d content, which could happen simultaneously on all 3 devices. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pre-transcode-sync/689993/2 "2021-12-07T23:22:00Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Sync specific media version](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-specific-media-version/352795): > > Hello Plex team, It would be great if we could sync a specific version of a multi-version media file to the device. Is this a feature that could easily be implemented? With the growing presence of 4K versions, I believe more and more users follow the approach of having a second, lower quality, version of the movie available for remote playing. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, Filipe