# Distributed Transcoding on local computers **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [August 14, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-on-local-computers/736354 "2021-08-14T14:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sconning\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sconning\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sconning_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-on-local-computers/736354/1 "2021-08-14T14:26:36Z")
I run plex on a NAS that is fine for 1080p and 4k SDR content, but can struggle when it has to tone map 4k HDR content. I was thinking, what if you had an server that ran on your local PC(s) that the plex server could use to assist in transcoding. It would announce itself on a local port within the network, the plex server would see it and add it to its available resources, then it would send chunks to the other computer to transcode and send back to the plex server where it’s assembled and sent out. On the PC side, you could choose to use NVENC for example so that it has a minimal impact on performance. Even old computers that are not capable of transcoding live 4k HDR content on their own could assist. If there were such an ability, it could also lead to dedicated plex transcoding hardware that could just be added to any network and enable even the crappiest NAS to serve multiple 4k HDR tone mapped transcodes. It could be part of the plex pass features as well. ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-on-local-computers/736354/2 "2021-08-14T14:46:51Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-scaling/76681/1): > > I realize this is a longshot but right now my plex server is a quad socket system and it's barely keeping up with user load, looking at 8 socket systems and they are just astronomically expensive which got me thinking about the huge surplus of cheap dual socket blade servers   what if there was a way of scaling plex itself to have separate compute/transcode nodes instead of just having one giant server...   so for example, you have one box running plex itself, then several slaved boxes that … Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first: [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes) ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-on-local-computers/736354/3 "2021-08-14T14:46:55Z")