Server Version#:1.15.4.994 Player Version#: Hi, Im looking for info and help regarding hardware transcoding. I have seen videos and sites about people using their GPU to transcode instead (or as well as) their CPU. How do i make plex use my GPU instead of CPU? I’ve looked through the settings a…

If it is a Broadwell or later i3 just turn on HW transcoding, save. Start a watching something and change to a lower rate stream then check the dashboard to see if it is doing 1080(hw)->something(hw).

See Using Hardware Accelerated Streaming . [image] skullmeister: I’ve looked through the settings and cannot find anything to do with hardware transcoding PMS Settings → Transcoder → Use hardware acceleration when available.

Question, Does one have to be signed in to see the hardware transcoding setting?

[image] lostcowboy: Does one have to be signed in to see the hardware transcoding setting? You have to have a Plex Pass, otherwise, not visible.

I understand that, and know I don’t have one. What I was asking was doesn’t your server have to be signed in, in order for someone who has Plex pass to see the hardware settings under transcoding?

Yes, the server must be signed in, otherwise it cannot know that it has a Plex Pass.

the server itself must be signed in/linked to a plex account with an active plex pass. outside people with their own plex accounts who have plex pass, will not enable hardware transcoding on that server. in other words, the server owner must have a plex account with plex pass. a random open non s…

Thanks, I was pretty sure it had to be that way.

Hi, so i also have an i7 2600K cpu, its old now, but if i run my plex server on that and the gtx 1060 6gb card and tick that box (yes i do have plex pass) , am i right in assuming that the plex will automatically use the gtx card to transcode? is it that simple? (sorry for the noob questions, im tr…

Official Plex support: Windows Yes Linux No Some pc’s have trouble getting the Nvidia to be the primary display but once you do all is good.

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