# Clustering or Off Loading Transcoding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/clustering-or-off-loading-transcoding/79104>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/clustering-or-off-loading-transcoding/79104 "2014-10-09T19:47:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Plex\_Tv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Plex\_Tv](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Plex_Tv)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/clustering-or-off-loading-transcoding/79104/1 "2014-10-09T19:47:09Z")

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Would be great if you could off load transcoding onto another server or cluster PMS instances.

Regardless, some type of load balancing would be required.

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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:** [December 15, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/clustering-or-off-loading-transcoding/79104/2 "2015-12-15T22:39:44Z")

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

closing

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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:** [August 13, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/clustering-or-off-loading-transcoding/79104/3 "2018-08-13T09:44:22Z")

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