# Feature suggestion: remote transcode **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [June 27, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-suggestion-remote-transcode/845756 "2023-06-27T19:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ebplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@ebplex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ebplex)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-suggestion-remote-transcode/845756/1 "2023-06-27T19:58:45Z")
Hello everyone (especially the dev team). I have two servers capable of running plex. Home server with all my media and a much beefier server at work. I would like to see if those two servers could work in teendom whenever transcoding is required. I have full network control with a gigabit internet connectivity at both locations, so the backbone should be plenty for a pretty smooth operation. What am I doing now: I have an NFS share over VPN to provide the work server with access to the library, it is than setup as a sole plex server. This works to help me keep my home server workload light and power bill lower (work power is part of the lease, my transcodes there do not cost extra). How I would love it to work (and herein the suggestion): Setup my home server as a primary server with work server as a transcode server. Anything capable of using a direct (non transcoded) stream would get data directly from the home server, but as soon as transcoding is required the transcode server would get the direct stream and the client would be pointed to the transcode server to get their transcoded stream. Data would transfer over https (vs VPN) and the setup overall would be a bit more reliable / responsive. In summary my setup now (example): Home (truenas) \> NFS over VPN \> work (plex on ubuntu) \> https \> home (plex client). How I would love it to work: Path A (direct stream): Home (plex on truenas) \> https \> worldwide (plex client). Path B (transcode): Home (plex on truenas) \> direct stream over https \> work (plex on ubuntu) \> https \> worldwide (plex client). The transcode server would not require to manage the library at all, it would get a stream of data, transcode it and forward it as needed. The client would only see one server and the serving server would handle the job of determining if transcoding is needed and than providing either the direct link to it’s local plex server instance, or to the transcode server. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-suggestion-remote-transcode/845756/2 "2023-06-27T20:21:23Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-scaling/76681/1): > > 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 dual socket blade servers   what if there was a way of scaling plex itself to have separate compute/transcode nodes instead of just having one giant server...   so for example, you have one box running plex itself, then several slaved boxes that … > [@Group Multiple Plex Servers](https://forums.plex.tv/t/group-multiple-plex-servers/79043/1): > > Hi   Just an idea, but I think it would be nice if you could group/display similar content regardless of where it is stored.   Example: I have Server1 and Server2 both with a TV Shows section. Rather than Server1\TV Shows  & Server2\TV Shows just have SomeName\TV Shows which includes both servers.   When sharing libraries, it would keep things tidier. People I'm sharing my servers with could just browse one location.     Hope that makes sense, thanks for reading.     If you agree, p… Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. With that being said, the chances of this getting implemented are pretty slim. This is going too far into the direction of professionalizing the software. But professional use of Plex is forbidden by its T’s&C’s. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first: [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-suggestion-remote-transcode/845756/3 "2023-06-27T20:21:28Z")