# Feature request -- Disable transcoding for specific users

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506 "2020-11-20T14:34:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![adoteq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adoteq/32/89050_2.png) [@adoteq](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adoteq)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506/1 "2020-11-20T14:34:41Z")

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Hi,

I would like Plex, to in addition to optionally set disabling video transcoding completely,  
have certain users allow or deny plex video transcoding.

Does anyone agree?

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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:** [November 20, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506/2 "2020-11-20T14:39:17Z")

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There’s a feature suggestion for this; little attention/interest so far

> [@disable transcoding (per user setting)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-per-user-setting/86588):
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> Hi, &nbsp; I would love to have a feature that would allow me to disable transcoding on a per-user base. I share my media amongst some users but I have to ask them to only directplay (using the plex theatre app on PC/MAC) because otherwise after 4 concurrent sessions my CPU starts to give up ... &nbsp; thanks for considering ! &nbsp; edd-- &nbsp; &nbsp;

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**Author:** ![adoteq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adoteq/32/89050_2.png) [@adoteq](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adoteq)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506/3 "2020-12-02T13:10:34Z")

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It is not exactly the same request

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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:** [March 2, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding-for-specific-users/655506/4 "2021-03-02T13:10:51Z")

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