# Reuse optimized version from a different server using same media location
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478 "2016-03-11T16:09:30Z")
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### Author:  [@ppucci](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ppucci)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/1 "2016-03-11T16:09:30Z")
Hi there! I use two servers at home, a WD MyCloud EX running embedded PMS, and a Windows 10 server running PMS. My media files are all on the NAS drive, and I use both servers for different purposes, but they share the same media (PC when I need transcoding, NAS when I can use DirectPlay).
Anyway I am just starting using library sharing/remote access and I optimzed some media on my Windows 10 server for 4mbps 720p, and set it to use the original folder. The thing is, however, that when I user the NAS server, it does not recognize the already optimized version, and asks me if I want to optimize again. Not only that, from my NAS, it cannot even optimize it. So, is there any way that I can make on server see the already optimized version the other produced?
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### Author:  [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/2 "2016-03-11T16:30:08Z")
The PMS installed on the NAS should just see it as another version of the media.
It won’t recognize it as an optimized version, though.
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### Author:  [@ppucci](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ppucci)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/3 "2016-03-11T17:11:17Z")
> @hthighway said:
> The PMS installed on the NAS should just see it as another version of the media.
> It won’t recognize it as an optimized version, though.
Right, but it does not either, it does not show the “Play version…” option at all.
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### Author:  [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/4 "2016-03-11T18:47:32Z")
Silly question, but did you update the library in the PMS on the NAS?
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### Author:  [@ppucci](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ppucci)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/5 "2016-03-14T17:09:29Z")
> @MovieFan.Plex said:
> Silly question, but did you update the library in the PMS on the NAS?
Silly questions are the best ones 😉
Well, I did not, and in fact now a couple of days later it shows the versions on the NAS server, so I would think that yes, updating the library on the NAS might have done it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reuse-optimized-version-from-a-different-server-using-same-media-location/138478/6 "2020-01-07T21:10:04Z")