# Hardware Transcoding on DS918+ 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [May 31, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-ds918-2023/842958 "2023-05-31T05:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-ds918-2023/842958/2 "2023-05-31T05:49:38Z")
Hardware accelerated transcoding is currently broken for J3xxx and J4xxx CPUs. Fall back to 1.32.1.6999 or earlier. There are a few threads on the forum, some in the Linux section. Here are a couple to follow: > [@1.32.2.7002](https://forums.plex.tv/t/1-32-2-7002/840714): > > Did anything change in this version that would affect HW Transcoding? I’ve noticed my CPU usage is bucked at 100% all of a sudden when transcoding a 1080p file to 720p. I have a DS920+ running DSM 7.2 RC > [@Latest build 7100 not transcoding on Intel QSV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-build-7100-not-transcoding-on-intel-qsv/841619): > > Server Version#:1.32.2.7100 Player Version#: Multiple devices Hi all, I’ve found an issue with the latest build 7100 and the couple before it not allowing transcode on my server. My server is… CPU - i7-3770 RAM - 16Gb HDD- in excess of 60Tb Operating System - Ubuntu MATE 20.04.6LTS I was just wondering if anyone else has this issue using the iGPU with QuickSync on the latest builds? I’ve returned back to build 6999 which the HW transcoding works without any issues. I know the CPU is ol… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-ds918-2023/842958)._