# \[Feature Request\] - User Specific Transcoding Rights **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-user-specific-transcoding-rights/75656 "2014-09-04T11:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ErchAngel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/erchangel/32/83071_2.png) [@ErchAngel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ErchAngel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-user-specific-transcoding-rights/75656/1 "2014-09-04T11:48:18Z")
Doing a quick search I was unable to find a similar request so here goes.   I would be great is it was possible to configure, if a user may stream using transcoding or only use direct play.   Having several users accessing a server, some are using transcoding even though the server and the user have the bandwith to use direct play, thus using a lot of CPU on the server. The setting should be user specific.   Adding to the request, not knowing 100 % if this is already possible, it would be great if it was possible to set a max amount of simultaneous users using either transcoding and direct play. As an example: The server is set to allow two users to use transcode and three may use direct play. Two users is streaming using transcoding and a third wants to transcode, then he/she get a message that it's not possible but direct play is available. ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-user-specific-transcoding-rights/75656/2 "2020-04-28T22:26:26Z")
7 posts were merged into an existing topic: [disable transcoding (per user setting)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-per-user-setting/86588) ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-user-specific-transcoding-rights/75656/3 "2020-04-28T22:26:26Z")