# Encoding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/encoding/747404>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/encoding/747404 "2021-10-01T15:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrCrazeeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@DrCrazeeee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DrCrazeeee)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/encoding/747404/1 "2021-10-01T15:04:33Z")

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Hi all

The Movie stream at 1080, and the original is also 1080…and set to play original why does it stil transcode??

Dr ![ss](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/e/7e6b69e4c11a8bcf36d4dc21a62843067f682e06.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:** [October 1, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/encoding/747404/2 "2021-10-01T15:52:31Z")

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Media files have a multitude of different aspects – each of those has the capacity to be incompatible with a certain player.

The most common scenarios could be bitrate limitations or limits to the encoding level of the video stream.

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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:** [December 30, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/encoding/747404/3 "2021-12-30T15:52:59Z")

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