# Feature Request: Outsource Transcoding to another PC

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367 "2015-04-08T16:46:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![iseeku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/898d66/32.png) [@iseeku](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iseeku)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367/1 "2015-04-08T16:46:43Z")

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Hello

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Can you make it possible to source the transcoding engine out, that i can start it on annother PC, when i need more power than my NAS gives to me? It would be very nice, because sometimes i have problems to watch on my mobile devices or when 2 or 3 streams are being watch in family it stucking every 10 seconds.

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Regards

iseeku

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**Author:** ![MikeG6.5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikeg6.5/32/10150_2.png) [@MikeG6.5](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MikeG6.5)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367/2 "2015-04-08T17:14:37Z")

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There are already several Feature Requests like this here.&nbsp; I suggest that you put a "Like" on the first post of one of the requests that best fits your idea to get your vote in for it.&nbsp;

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**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:** [October 19, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367/3 "2017-10-19T13:54:19Z")

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duplicate feature request

> **[Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/121215/distributed-transcoding-scaling/p1#top)**
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> 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...

closing

Please respect the rules for this subforum

- **Search** first if the request has already been posted before. The goal is to collect the votes for a particular feature in one thread - not to scatter them around.
- Please only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post")

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**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 13, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-outsource-transcoding-to-another-pc/99367/4 "2018-08-13T09:44:12Z")

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