# Force direct play per user

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-direct-play-per-user/597170>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-direct-play-per-user/597170 "2020-05-29T19:00:12Z")\
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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:** [May 29, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-direct-play-per-user/597170/2 "2020-05-29T19:46:04Z")

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There’s already a number of similar feature suggestions.  
Won’t that one cover what you’re aiming for?

> [@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;

If so I’d like to close this request to avoid duplicates that distract votes from each other…

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