# Disable transcoding on server side
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [December 23, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964 "2019-12-23T01:16:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@d4maniac](https://forums.plex.tv/u/d4maniac)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964/1 "2019-12-23T01:16:29Z")
Honestly Plex this has been requested since several years back. I’ve gone through several threads and it seems like staff never respond. I’ve been a loyal plex pass member for a good while and sent several family members the same way.
I don’t understand why this isn’t implemented since it can hardly be hard to fix.
All the while we have received several “features” that most users have no interest in what so ever.
Would be very grateful if this could be considered for 2020. 🙂
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964/2 "2019-12-23T02:11:44Z")
So if a client cannot deal with a video and you have disabled transcoding… that should result in an error message like „sorry… nothing for you. Try a different playback device!“?
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### Author:  [@darcilicious](https://forums.plex.tv/u/darcilicious)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964/3 "2019-12-23T04:50:52Z")
There is already a thread for this feature request, please vote here:
> [@\[implemented\] Feature request: disable transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding/101180/):
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> If we can have an option on the server side to disable transcoding altogether. I'm fully converting library to support direct play on almost all plex clients and bandwidth is not an issue. This would force the not so plex savy users to force direct play regardless of settings on their end.
Please use the search function before creating to feature suggestion threads and review the list of the most popular voted suggestions:
[https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes)
Closing this thread.
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### Author:  [@darcilicious](https://forums.plex.tv/u/darcilicious)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-on-server-side/512964/4 "2019-12-23T04:50:58Z")