# Why Is MCE Buddy Doing Multiple Conversions?

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**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/why-is-mce-buddy-doing-multiple-conversions/2606 "2019-02-12T02:35:51Z")
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Conversion tasks don’t attach to folders, they attach to Monitor Locations.

Monitor locations monitor folders.

Each monitor location will feed into every conversion task. This allows you to have a single file be converted into multiple different formats for different devices at the same time.

In the conversion task you can limit which monitor locations feed into the conversion task (by default it’s accept from all monitor locations).  
See this topic for details:

> [@Linking Monitor Locations and Conversion Tasks](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/linking-monitor-locations-and-conversion-tasks/524/2):
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> For each conversion task in the expert settings page you can link it to monitor locations. That way you can create one to one mapping between monitor locations and conversions tasks. There is a special entry just for “Manually/CLI added locations” also that you can link to the task. You can rest your mouse on any option to see the pop up help. [image]

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