# DISABLE TRANscoding in ds918+

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-in-ds918/219042>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-in-ds918/219042 "2017-12-26T09:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![marcelg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelg/32/246242_2.png) [@marcelg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelg)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-in-ds918/219042/1 "2017-12-26T09:45:00Z")

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Hi, i love plex, [http://prntscr.com/hscwmg](http://prntscr.com/hscwmg) even i got disabled transcoding, plex insist in doing it using a lot of cpu time, is there a way to stop it in full without stopping or deleting it from the NAS ?  
Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![marcelg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelg/32/246242_2.png) [@marcelg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelg)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-in-ds918/219042/2 "2017-12-26T11:57:56Z")

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Status [http://prntscr.com/hsemiy](http://prntscr.com/hsemiy) if it helps

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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, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-in-ds918/219042/3 "2020-01-08T00:20:46Z")

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