# Force only direct stream, no transcoding at all **URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-only-direct-stream-no-transcoding-at-all/424169 **Category:** General Discussions **Created:** [June 18, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-only-direct-stream-no-transcoding-at-all/424169 "2019-06-18T14:54:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza) #### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-only-direct-stream-no-transcoding-at-all/424169/3 "2019-06-18T18:29:15Z")
There is a long ongoing topic for this very thing. # Main Topic > [@Disable Plex Transcoder Totally](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-plex-transcoder-totally/110006): > > Hello, I came over around 50 of articles and forum posts ,but i cannot seem to find a way to completely disable Encoding/Transcoding on Plex Server Completely. Please Suggest me Something.that will Force Direct Play and won’t Transcode anyway. thanks ### Ways to disable transcoding > [@Disable Plex Transcoder Totally](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-plex-transcoder-totally/110006/284): > > As I stated… as expected… lol. I woke up to three emails from friends asking what’s up with my server… SUCKS for them… LOL… No j/k. Well… My kind of disable. Windows Long File Name (LFN) limitation. play_button My transcoder temporary directory It could of been anything I just chose to copy/paste \Users\NewPlaza\AppData\Local\Temp\Transcode\Sessions like 8 times. Could of done in 4. but what ever. The idea is to exceed about 260 characters. > [@Disable Plex Transcoder Totally](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-plex-transcoder-totally/110006/285): > > Lol. That’s something I wouldn’t have thought. I would have just made the “transcode” folder read only. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/force-only-direct-stream-no-transcoding-at-all/424169)._