# DVR Record use Hardware

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr\
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432 "2021-04-10T08:33:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TheBeast2155](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thebeast2155/32/233257_2.png) [@TheBeast2155](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheBeast2155)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432/1 "2021-04-10T08:33:11Z")

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It would be great when we record a thing via DVR that we then use GPU instead of CPU show it is possible?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/5/f/5fe15b8bcfb06e2fa8f0848c51bf574bba0d057e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432/2 "2021-04-10T09:45:58Z")

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Are you referring to the DVR to use your hw-acceleration if it’s transcoding/optimizing a video or do you want to see the GPU having its own graph in the server dashboard?

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**Author:** ![TheBeast2155](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thebeast2155/32/233257_2.png) [@TheBeast2155](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheBeast2155)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432/3 "2021-04-10T11:24:41Z")

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both would be nice but that was the first thing I meant

when i record tings its use cpu not gpu

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-record-use-hardware/708432/4 "2021-04-10T11:39:34Z")

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There’s a separate suggestion to include GPU information on the dashboard (just in case somebody gets them mixed up 😉 )

> [@Please add Hardware Encoder / Decoder Usage (Graphs) to Dashboard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-add-hardware-encoder-decoder-usage-graphs-to-dashboard/408419):
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> Thanks for reading… a quick search didn’t return relevant results, I apologize if this has already been requested. I love the extra details available now through the Dashboard! To be perfect (for me) it is only missing one metric: GPU/CPU Encoder / Decoder usage. This could be implemented as a split graph (L/R) for Encode / Decode, or as separate graphs… either way this seems useful to those of us taking advantage of hardware assistance for transcoding. I assume all (supported) platforms have …