# Sync with no transcode

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-with-no-transcode/131428>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-with-no-transcode/131428 "2016-01-14T12:58:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-with-no-transcode/131428/24 "2021-06-09T22:45:47Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Sync to devices without transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sync-to-devices-without-transcoding/73614):
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> 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. &nbsp; 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. &nbsp; Therefore I'd like to be able to sync movies/series without transcod…

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