Sync to devices without transcoding

[mathijs94]

Yesterday I bought PremPass so I could sync series and movies to my phone, but today I found out that due to Plex NEEDING to encode everything before it can sync, I am not able to sync to devices since my Synology DS213 does not seem to be able to transcode.

 

Since I am able to stream everything just fine without transcoding, I do not understand why transcoding is a MUST since it seems to be working without it just fine.

 

Therefore I'd like to be able to sync movies/series without transcoding. Because the way it is now, I can't use the feature that made me buy PremPass.

[BigWheel]

put it on "Highest quality" and if the media is compatible according the the device profile it will not transcode before sync.

( if your media is an MKV with DTS audio which most phones cannot play with native player it will need to transcode)


[mathijs94]

put it on "Highest quality" and if the media is compatible according the the device profile it will not transcode before sync.

( if your media is an MKV with DTS audio which most phones cannot play with native player it will need to transcode)

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Thanks for the reply, I tried it but it didn't work.

Even though my phone does support the media (quality and audio and such)

[Luca_Weltert]

The topic has been discussed in the sync section.

It is due to the compatibility check, usually fails because it does not accept anamorphic encoding, which is a true pity as most devices handle it perfectly well, as you stated!

[ldw]

Well why not add an option "Direct copy" then without any transcoding? That would work, right?