# \[Request\] Option to replace files with optimized versions **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-option-to-replace-files-with-optimized-versions/209238 "2017-10-07T14:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![isujinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@isujinx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/isujinx)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-option-to-replace-files-with-optimized-versions/209238/1 "2017-10-07T14:01:03Z")
Just like the title says - I’d like to take all of my movies and let Plex optimize them at original quality. I have a lot of movies from the CD-R Rip days, so they are 2,3 or 4 parts, some in avi, some in mp4 etc… I’d like them in a single file, optimized for streaming. Right now, I have to optimize, copy to the folder, wait until Plex recognizes the new file, delete the old files, and then delete the optimized versions folder. I suppose I don’t really care if there is sub folders created for each version, I just dont want duplicate of the originals. I know I can use Handbrake to do it manually, but then I have to find each one, set it up, and replace it. I really like that you can optimize a whole library folder. If you can set metadata flags that say “this has been optimized for original”, and mobile and … whatever other versions you want - you could just every once in a while say optimize my library, and it would do everything it hasn’t done. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-option-to-replace-files-with-optimized-versions/209238/2 "2018-11-16T13:13:34Z")
duplicate feature request > [@\[Feature Request\] Keep the optimized movie version only](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-keep-the-optimized-movie-version-only/129150/1): > > I would be able to provide a way to delete the original movie and keep the optimized version automatically closing Please respect [the rules for this subforum](https://forums.plex.tv/t/about-the-feature-suggestions-category/273976/1 "the rules for this subforum") - **Search** first if the request has already been posted before. The goal is to collect the votes for a particular feature in one thread - not to scatter them around. - Please only one feature per post ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-option-to-replace-files-with-optimized-versions/209238/3 "2018-11-16T13:13:38Z")