# Hardware transcoding not working on debian

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-not-working-on-debian/728109>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [July 11, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-not-working-on-debian/728109 "2021-07-11T16:29:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![el\_pedriyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@el\_pedriyo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/el_pedriyo)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-not-working-on-debian/728109/3 "2021-07-11T19:26:41Z")

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Hello,

It seems I made it to work on Ubuntu, but with other problems also: [Plex kicking my playbacks when more than 2-3 transcodes](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-kicking-my-playbacks-when-more-than-2-3-transcodes/728152)

And I have tried on Windows, but impossible neither:

[Plex Media Server.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/irAAISmBQgL08zRVyzv8qSzawTi.log) (1.5 MB)

Any idea?

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