# “Disable video transcoding” feature change request

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-video-transcoding-feature-change-request/599799
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-video-transcoding-feature-change-request/599799 "2020-06-04T23:23:33Z")
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### Author: ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-video-transcoding-feature-change-request/599799/12 "2020-06-06T16:02:41Z")

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I understand. There’s already a feature request to address this on the client side, by changing the default remote quality to maximum:

> [@Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming](https://forums.plex.tv/t/default-all-clients-to-max-internet-streaming/440641):
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> My server keeps getting bogged down transcoding for no reason because clients have a low default setting for internet streaming. They are all capable of streaming original quality, and since I’ve been converting a lot of my files to x265, the transcoded 720p version ends up having a higher bitrate than the original does in 1080 or 4k. Please please please allow the server to choose to default the client bandwidth setting to original by default and save my poor server.

This is just some unsolicited advice: Flesh out your original post a bit to describe a bit more clearly what you’re requesting. A little more context may help others decide whether or not they’d find this feature request interesting. As it’s currently worded it’s light on details and doesn’t really convey what you’re after, which seems to be a way to have the server ignore a client’s bandwidth/quality settings.

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