# Sync Movies without transcode **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [December 16, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450 "2016-12-16T11:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Syrup1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Syrup1971](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Syrup1971)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/1 "2016-12-16T11:27:13Z")
I just paid for a lifetime subscription, because I want to sync to mobile devices. I have a horrible feeling I’ve made a real blunder. I can’t see how to sync movies without transcode. Surely this is possible? If not, I guess I will need to beg for a refund. ---
**Author:** ![compoti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/compoti/32/94270_2.png) [@compoti](https://forums.plex.tv/u/compoti)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/2 "2016-12-16T12:29:05Z")
Unfortunately there is no option to sync movies without transcode. I wish this feature too. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/3 "2016-12-16T15:49:17Z")
The UI shouldn’t be showing a conversion if what you’re trying to sync is indeed DirectPlay ready for that device. If you’ve found an exception where this is not true, please get the media info (or XML) for what you’re trying to sync and tell me what you’re trying to sync to. I’ll check here and see what’s happening. ---
**Author:** ![Syrup1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Syrup1971](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Syrup1971)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/4 "2016-12-19T23:12:08Z")
Here is an example - it streams without issue, I can download using iTunes with no issue & playback, but Plex sync insists on converting. If I can’t overcome this, it is pretty much useless. Chris General Complete name : /Volumes/QnapVideo3TB-2/Straight Outta Compton (Unrated Dire.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/isom) File size : 5.64 GiB Duration : 2h 46mn Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 4 843 Kbps Movie name : Straight Outta Compton (Unrated Director’s Cut) Performer : F. Gary Gray Genre : Drama Description : In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and Recorded date : UTC 2015-08-14 07:00:00 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:21:04 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:18 Cover : Yes LongDescription : Straight Outta Compton UNRATED Director’s Cut includes never before seen footage and tells the true story of how five young cultural rebels - armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent - stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. Video ID : 5 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Main@L3.1 Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=90 Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 2h 46mn Bit rate : 4 077 Kbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 532 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 23.976 fps Minimum frame rate : 23.976 fps Maximum frame rate : 27.245 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel\*Frame) : 0.250 Stream size : 4.75 GiB (84%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:38:57 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:43 Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio #1 ID : 1 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2h 46mn Duration\_LastFrame : -13ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 123 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 211 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Frame rate : 46.875 fps (1024 spf) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 147 MiB (3%) Language : English Default : Yes Alternate group : 1 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:21:08 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:26:15 Menus : 13 Audio #2 ID : 2 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness : Big Codec ID : ac-3 Duration : 2h 46mn Duration\_LastFrame : -24ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf) Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 458 MiB (8%) Language : English Default : No Alternate group : 1 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:26:15 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:28:22 Audio #3 ID : 3 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2h 46mn Duration\_LastFrame : -13ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 125 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 210 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Frame rate : 46.875 fps (1024 spf) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 149 MiB (3%) Language : French Default : No Alternate group : 1 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:28:22 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:33:32 Audio #4 ID : 4 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2h 46mn Duration\_LastFrame : -13ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 126 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 228 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Frame rate : 46.875 fps (1024 spf) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 150 MiB (3%) Language : Spanish Default : No Alternate group : 1 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:33:32 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:38:57 Text #1 ID : 6 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 1s 0ms Bit rate : 264 bps Stream size : 33.0 Bytes (0%) Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:44 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:46 Text #2 ID : 7 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 2h 46mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 26 bps Stream size : 32.0 KiB (0%) Language : French Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:46 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:49 Text #3 ID : 8 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 2h 46mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 132 bps Stream size : 161 KiB (0%) Language : French Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:50 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:54 Forced Alternative : 7 Text #4 ID : 9 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 2h 41mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 2 bps Stream size : 1.88 KiB (0%) Language : Spanish Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:55 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:57 Text #5 ID : 10 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 2h 41mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 126 bps Stream size : 150 KiB (0%) Language : Spanish Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:40:58 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:02 Forced Alternative : 9 Text #6 ID : 11 Format : Timed Text Muxing mode : sbtl Codec ID : tx3g Duration : 2h 41mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 156 bps Stream size : 184 KiB (0%) Language : English Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:03 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:08 Forced Alternative : 6 Text #7 ID : 12-CC1 Format : EIA-608 Muxing mode : Final Cut Codec ID : c608 Duration : 2h 46mn Bit rate mode : Constant Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%) Language : English Default : No Forced : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:09 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:13 Menu ID : 13 Codec ID : text Duration : 2h 46mn Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:18 Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-19 11:41:18 Menu For : 1 00:00:00.000 : 1 00:05:48.000 : 2 00:09:55.000 : 3 00:17:32.000 : 4 00:26:34.000 : 5 00:35:38.000 : 6 00:47:28.000 : 7 00:55:38.000 : 8 01:04:42.000 : 9 01:11:25.000 : 10 01:19:00.000 : 11 01:25:47.000 : 12 01:33:56.000 : 13 01:44:21.000 : 14 01:54:03.000 : 15 02:02:53.000 : 16 02:16:12.000 : 17 02:26:24.000 : 18 02:33:06.000 : 19 02:39:21.000 : 20 Bit rate mode : VBR ---
**Author:** ![martinbowling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/martinbowling/32/90114_2.png) [@martinbowling](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martinbowling)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/5 "2016-12-20T00:52:52Z")
You can mess with your sync xml profiles and force it to not convert however ymmv with it actually playing on the device as there is no transcoding available on the cloud sync server and you may need to back up modified xml files between updates. ---
**Author:** ![mramirkhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mramirkhan/32/160047_2.png) [@mramirkhan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mramirkhan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/6 "2016-12-20T10:13:26Z")
on the sync screen you can choose the bitrate, on option being “original” ? ---
**Author:** ![Syrup1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Syrup1971](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Syrup1971)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/7 "2016-12-20T14:55:27Z")
> @mramirkhan said: > on the sync screen you can choose the bitrate, on option being “original” ? But not for audio … ---
**Author:** ![Syrup1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Syrup1971](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Syrup1971)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/8 "2016-12-20T14:56:55Z")
> @martinbowling said: > You can mess with your sync xml profiles and force it to not convert however ymmv with it actually playing on the device as there is no transcoding available on the cloud sync server and you may need to back up modified xml files Is there a description of how to do this anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![martinbowling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/martinbowling/32/90114_2.png) [@martinbowling](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martinbowling)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/9 "2016-12-20T17:28:44Z")
It’s unsupported but here is a guide that someone wrote to change it for chromecast > **[My Best Video Setting for Chromecast and Android.](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/104606/my-best-video-setting-for-chromecast-and-android/p1)** > > Updated 03/17/2015 Fix a issue where there was no video on Android devices. Post I want to share my setting for Plex on Chromecast and Android, with these setting Plex should start playing your videos in less than 4 second from the time you hit... basically just put whatever settings you want for the device that you want to sync to or the cloud sync profile ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-movies-without-transcode/171450/10 "2020-01-07T22:24:48Z")