# API transcode/optimize

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-transcode-optimize/179325>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [February 9, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-transcode-optimize/179325 "2017-02-09T17:33:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![karlmitchell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@karlmitchell](https://forums.plex.tv/u/karlmitchell)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-transcode-optimize/179325/1 "2017-02-09T17:33:07Z")

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I’ve been trying to come up with a way to utilize the efficient hardware transcoding of the NVidia Shield semi-externally to Plex. It is easy enough to send new media through to Plex, especially now that we have Marshmallow, but what I haven’t found is how to activate transcoding/optimization via the API, and then grab the resultant file. Does anyone have a solution for this?

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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:** [January 8, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-transcode-optimize/179325/2 "2020-01-08T20:02:18Z")

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