# Transcoding from highest quality

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-from-highest-quality/725018>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [June 27, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-from-highest-quality/725018 "2021-06-27T11:05:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![el\_pedriyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@el\_pedriyo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/el_pedriyo)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-from-highest-quality/725018/1 "2021-06-27T11:05:09Z")

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Hello,

I was just digging out through the forum, and found this  
[https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-plex-handle-transcoding-when-there-are-multiple-versions-of-a-library-item-available/466240](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-plex-handle-transcoding-when-there-are-multiple-versions-of-a-library-item-available/466240)

It seems plex should take the closest resolution version available from a movie, and transcode from it, if a lower resolution is selected. However it seems not to be working. It seems always to be transcoding from 4k resolution. Any fix for this? @ChuckPa

Kind regards

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-from-highest-quality/725018/2 "2021-09-25T11:05:34Z")

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