# Useless Plex Converting feature
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125
**Category:** Remote Access
**Tags:** server-synology
**Created:** [January 12, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125 "2025-01-12T19:37:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@jensche](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jensche)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/1 "2025-01-12T19:37:22Z")
Why does this annoying Plex always insist on “converting”? There needs to finally be an option to disable this unnecessary, pointless, and stupid conversion feature. It has never made sense and will never make sense in the future. It’s a feature that should simply be left out altogether. At the very least, there should be an option to completely turn it off. This has been frustrating me for years. In almost all cases, no conversion is needed—it can play directly. So why this nonsense?
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### Author:  [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/2 "2025-01-13T05:27:19Z")
> [@jensche](#):
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> So why this nonsense?
Plex transcodes when the device in question either cannot direct stream, or the compatibility of the player cannot be determined.
There is a setting called `Disable video stream transcoding` however this will probably prevent some of your devices from playing your media as both the audio and video streams must be compatible with direct streaming on any particular device.
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/3 "2025-01-13T05:58:47Z")
To add to @dbirch ,
Apps also have a “Force DirectPlay” option in their Settings.
Since the app is what controls whether or not playback is transcoded,
this setting allows you to force DirectPlay if you know DirectPlay will be successful.
If it can’t DirectPlay, it will fail when you try to play something which requires conversion (either Audio or Video or Container Format)
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### Author:  [@jensche](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jensche)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/4 "2025-03-17T16:50:22Z")
still useless this feature… Even 720p Movies are not playable, because it wants to transcode or convert… whats wrong with those people who develop this plex.
Just add that feature… Conversion or transcode makes No sense overall, never, in no case. NEVER.
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/5 "2025-03-17T17:17:01Z")
@jensche
Go to your Player’s settings. Set to “Force DirectPlay”.
-or-
in Transcoder Settings
At this point it will either play or it won’t **entirely dependent** on how you prepared the media for that player.
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### Author:  [@jensche](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jensche)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/6 "2025-03-17T17:29:22Z")
not working.
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/7 "2025-03-17T17:56:33Z")
“It’s broke” doesn’t tell me anything about how to help you.
Can you get me the server’s DEBUG logs ZIP file ( Settings - [server] - Troubleshooting - Download Logs) using the web app?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/useless-plex-converting-feature/902125/8 "2025-06-15T17:57:29Z")
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