# Can PMS re encode DVR programs to h.264

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246 "2023-02-24T18:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![granjan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@granjan7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/granjan7)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/1 "2023-02-24T18:39:41Z")

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Server Version#: Latest for Ubuntu  
Player Version#:  
After a program is finished recording from OTA, can PMS reencode the video to h.264? Can it launch a ffmpeg job?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/2 "2023-02-24T18:40:56Z")

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[https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/features/media-optimizer/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/features/media-optimizer/)

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/)  
Postprocessing script

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**Author:** ![granjan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@granjan7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/granjan7)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/3 "2023-02-24T20:34:06Z")

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I would imagine I’m not the 1st person to do this, do you happen to have a post processing script that works?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/4 "2023-02-24T20:42:43Z")

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Sorry, I’m not using this myself. Nor am I a Linux user.

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**Author:** ![granjan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@granjan7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/granjan7)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/5 "2023-02-24T21:11:45Z")

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@ChuckPa Do you happen to know of a script that’ll post process the DVR content to h.264 using ffmpeg?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![granjan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@granjan7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/granjan7)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/6 "2023-02-27T19:01:44Z")

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I have a HD HomeRun Duo, I enabled the Experimental option to transcode to 264 real time.

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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:** [May 28, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-pms-re-encode-dvr-programs-to-h-264/832246/7 "2023-05-28T19:02:33Z")

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