# Does PMS support HW Acceleration for Thumbnail/Chapter Previews?

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-pms-support-hw-acceleration-for-thumbnail-chapter-previews/781163 "2022-03-18T14:24:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-pms-support-hw-acceleration-for-thumbnail-chapter-previews/781163/1 "2022-03-18T14:24:10Z")

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Can Plex make use of HW Acceleration for the creation of thumbnail and chapter previews? How about for Download conversions?

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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:** [June 16, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-pms-support-hw-acceleration-for-thumbnail-chapter-previews/781163/2 "2022-06-16T14:24:27Z")

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