Detect Intro extremely slow

[Zalgow]

I have started a new thread, specifically for the issue with “Disable video transcoding” and the intro detection operation (and maybe more) being extremely slow:

"Disable video transcoding" slows down series intro detection

Hi all, I have seen people having the same issue in another thread, unfortunately it was closed because the original issue of the thread owner was slightly different and solved. Issue: When enabling “Disable video stream transcoding” in the Plex servers Transcoders setting, the series intro detection is extremely slow. During this operation with video transcoding disabled, the server is basically idling. My assumption: To speed up the intro detection, Plex transcodes the video to a lower …

(As this thread has been marked as solved)