diff --git a/backend/app/plex/sync.py b/backend/app/plex/sync.py
index 258e93eb..a581a4b0 100644
--- a/backend/app/plex/sync.py
+++ b/backend/app/plex/sync.py
@@ -472,15 +472,20 @@ def _apply_item(row: PlexItem, lib_id: int, kind: str, meta: dict) -> None:
     mf = _media_facts(meta)
     new_vcodec = mf.get("codec_video")
     new_part_key = mf.get("part_key")
-    # The physical file was replaced when its Plex Part key changes (a re-encode / quality upgrade gets a
-    # new part id) OR — a coarser signal — when the video codec changes. Either way any probed bit-depth is
-    # stale, so reset the probe watermark and re-derive transcode_hw from codec alone until the backfill
-    # re-probes. Codec alone is NOT enough: a same-codec bit-depth re-encode (8-bit→10-bit HEVC) keeps the
-    # codec `hevc` but flips the HW class, and only the part-key move catches it. A spurious reset (a rare
-    # part-id reassignment on an unchanged file) costs at most one extra bounded re-probe — safe direction.
-    if (row.codec_video or "").lower() != (
-        new_vcodec or ""
-    ).lower() or row.part_key != new_part_key:
+    # The physical file was replaced when its video codec changes OR — for a SINGLE-version item — when its
+    # Plex Part key changes (a re-encode / quality upgrade gets a new part id). Either way any probed
+    # bit-depth is stale, so reset the probe watermark and re-derive transcode_hw from codec alone until the
+    # backfill re-probes. Codec alone is NOT enough: a same-codec bit-depth re-encode (8-bit→10-bit HEVC)
+    # keeps the codec `hevc` but flips the HW class, and only the part-key move catches it.
+    #
+    # The part-key check is gated on single-version because `_media_facts` reads media[0]/part[0], and for a
+    # MULTI-version item (an original + a Plex "Optimized" copy) that order isn't guaranteed stable across
+    # listings — an unguarded part-key compare would then reset+re-probe every sync and oscillate the
+    # transcode_hw bucket between the two versions. A multi-version same-codec re-encode not self-healing is
+    # an acceptable rare edge; a per-sync re-probe loop is not.
+    single_version = len(meta.get("Media") or []) <= 1
+    codec_changed = (row.codec_video or "").lower() != (new_vcodec or "").lower()
+    if codec_changed or (single_version and row.part_key != new_part_key):
         row.video_bit_depth = None
         row.media_probed_at = None
     row.file_path = mf.get("file_path")
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_plex_playback_class.py b/backend/tests/test_plex_playback_class.py
index 94d973e7..627c09c2 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_plex_playback_class.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_plex_playback_class.py
@@ -451,3 +451,45 @@ def test_facet_playable_self_excludes_the_active_selection(db, monkeypatch):
     assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
     counts = {p["value"]: p["count"] for p in resp.json()["playable"]}
     assert counts == {"direct": 1, "remux": 1, "transcode_hw": 1, "transcode_sw": 1}
+
+
+def test_active_playable_narrows_the_other_facets(db, monkeypatch):
+    # The flip side of self-exclusion: an active playable class DOES narrow the OTHER facet groups (so
+    # e.g. the year range reflects only the selected class). Seed a Direct movie (2000) and a
+    # software-transcode movie (2020); selecting playable=direct must collapse the year facet to 2000.
+    lib = PlexLibrary(plex_key="1", title="Movies", kind="movie", enabled=True)
+    db.add(lib)
+    db.flush()
+    db.add_all(
+        [
+            PlexItem(
+                rating_key="d2000",
+                library_id=lib.id,
+                kind="movie",
+                title="Direct2000",
+                playable="direct",
+                year=2000,
+            ),
+            PlexItem(
+                rating_key="s2020",
+                library_id=lib.id,
+                kind="movie",
+                title="SW2020",
+                playable="transcode",
+                codec_video="mpeg4",
+                transcode_hw=False,
+                year=2020,
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+    user = User(email="pnarrow@example.com")
+    db.add(user)
+    db.commit()
+    client = _client(db, user, monkeypatch)
+    try:
+        wide = client.get("/api/plex/facets?scope=movie").json()
+        narrow = client.get("/api/plex/facets?scope=movie&playable=direct").json()
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert (wide["year_min"], wide["year_max"]) == (2000, 2020)  # both classes span the range
+    assert (narrow["year_min"], narrow["year_max"]) == (2000, 2000)  # narrowed to the Direct subset
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/plex.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/plex.json
index 3d398c1b..2c2867eb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/plex.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/plex.json
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@
   "playable": {
     "direct": "Plays directly in the browser",
     "remux": "Direct Stream — a light remux (no video re-encode)",
-    "transcode": "Needs transcoding (heavier)",
     "transcode_hw": "Transcoded on the hardware encoder",
     "transcode_sw": "Transcoded in software (heaviest)"
   },
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/plex.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/plex.json
index de5f3053..5d85c1c0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/plex.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/plex.json
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@
   "playable": {
     "direct": "Közvetlenül játszható a böngészőben",
     "remux": "Közvetlen streamelés — könnyű remux (nincs videó-újrakódolás)",
-    "transcode": "Átkódolás szükséges (nehezebb)",
     "transcode_hw": "Hardveres kódolóval átkódolva",
     "transcode_sw": "Szoftveresen átkódolva (legnehezebb)"
   },