Does anyone know if the conversion actions done before a sync download are using the hardware transcoding feature? Based on CPU usage and time to convert it does not appear as though it it but I was curious why it wouldn’t
I was wondering this too. Hardware Transcoding during sync would make real difference in terms of time.
Indeed, Plex is using Hardware Transcoding for Sync operations. See answer in the comment section: https://www.plex.tv/blog/smooth-stream-operator/
