# Sync to devices without transcoding **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614 "2014-08-13T18:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mathijs94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@mathijs94](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mathijs94)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/1 "2014-08-13T18:40:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/2 "2014-08-13T18:49:25Z")
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) ![post-2548-0-29073100-1407955740.jpg|281x500](upload://kPYiIDEpziThw9FJFJ1JlcB7iN3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mathijs94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@mathijs94](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mathijs94)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/3 "2014-08-13T18:59:31Z")
> 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) > > ![attachicon.gif](https://forums.plex.tv/public/style_images/plex/attachicon.gif)[Screenshot\_2014-08-13-11-45-32.png](https://forums.plex.tv/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=34496) 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) ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Weltert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/luca_weltert/32/136853_2.png) [@Luca\_Weltert](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Luca_Weltert)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/4 "2014-09-06T12:05:10Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![ldw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ldw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ldw)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/5 "2014-09-25T14:49:08Z")
Well why not add an option "Direct copy" then without any transcoding? That would work, right? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614/6 "2022-09-29T21:20:08Z")
2022 clean-up: implemented (new download mode has an option to prefer original version)