[Feature Request] Distributed MIMD Transcoding

Have quite a few end points (devices) around your lifestyle (home/toilet/ethnic fermentation shanty)?
Feeling bored, lacking inspiration?

Don’t just use your underperformed, lonesome NAS box to transpire (a lengthy biological process) on transcoding. Get that Plex integration happening and fire up your overpowered gaming PC to churn down the resolution to send it to your iWatch, why not.

With distributed computing, you could have the video put together by harnessing all your Plex-enabled devices such that they all will gracefully provide smooth playback on your underperformed, hundreds-and-thousands-lacking Ultra-High-Definition eBread.

I am serious though!

Some used to call it “folding at home”… #ProteinOrigami

did you check out https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/178320/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex ?

Thanks @C-lon that seems great!

Thank you @C-Ion. I didn’t see that after punching in transcode or transcoding or something along those lines in the forum search…
Looks promising! I hope it evolves into something great.

duplicate feature request
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/61278/feature-request-separate-computer-for-transcoding-vs-streaming

closing

Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate