Why doesnt changing the Quality of a movie change the size when you are downloading to a device?
It usually does.
Mind sharing some more details on what you see – otherwise we’ll keep guessing.
I have a movie that is 1.40 GB in size and I shrink it to the lowest setting the the file size is still the same. Same thing is happening with all the movies I try to sync to my Android phone, I bring down the quality and they are still the same size.
If you already got a full feature film squeezed into an 1.4 GB file, you’ll have a hard time to significantly shrink this much further. Most likely the resolution and bitrate are already close to what Plex offers as lowest level.
Edit: focus of the sync feature is not so much to shrink the files but to get them into a shape that the client can playback while you’re on the road.
Is there any way to shrink files without losing too much quality?
shrinking = losing quality (or at least “losing information”).
If you want to go down this rabbit hole…
What kind of file (file extension, video/audio formats) are we talking about?
MP4 Files
keep it coming… (see linked support article above)
now we’ve established it’s a red car… there’s still millions of different makes, models, engines… 
H264 files
AAC sound file. Do you need more?
yes…
how about:
- resolution
- video bitrate
- number of audio channels (stereo, 6-channel AAC…)
- audio bitrate
Oh Sorry.
1080P
5977 KBPS
6 Channels
453 KBPS audio
File Size is 5.7 GB
You could try throw those files into Handbrake and give it a shot.
They should still have some legacy presets for mobiles / iPhones / Android Phones to squeeze those files. Keep in mind they won’t get any more beautiful that way.
ok. I will give it a shot. Thank You
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