# Prefer Optimized Version Option in Transcoder Settings

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/prefer-optimized-version-option-in-transcoder-settings/387547>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** media-optimizer\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/prefer-optimized-version-option-in-transcoder-settings/387547 "2019-03-13T19:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fuxuepeng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/fuxuepeng/32/89654_2.png) [@fuxuepeng](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fuxuepeng)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/prefer-optimized-version-option-in-transcoder-settings/387547/1 "2019-03-13T19:24:33Z")

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Suggestion: Add the option to prefer optimized media over the source files.

Rationale: I like to use original Blu-ray rips for my sources, it generally looks better over my local network on big screens. However, I often have 4+ people streaming from the server and when all four are trying to pull full-sized Blu-rays from the same drive I run into bottlenecks. It would be nice if I could tell Plex that when the desired quality is “close enough” it should use the optimized version to feed the transcoder instead of the original source.

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**Author:** ![jivetrky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jivetrky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jivetrky)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/prefer-optimized-version-option-in-transcoder-settings/387547/2 "2019-03-18T20:10:28Z")

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I second this request.