# Is tandem PMS transcoding a thing?

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows, server-truenas\
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-tandem-pms-transcoding-a-thing/674848 "2021-01-05T20:16:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![djmartrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/djmartrix/32/5890_2.png) [@djmartrix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djmartrix)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-tandem-pms-transcoding-a-thing/674848/1 "2021-01-05T20:16:25Z")

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i know its most likely not a thing, i do know tandem streaming is. but would there be a possibility one day that you could run a couple small low spec devices to churn out true 4k without buffering or having to build or buy bigger and better equipment?

food for thought

cheers

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**Author:** ![TeknoJunky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/teknojunky/32/165055_2.png) [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-tandem-pms-transcoding-a-thing/674848/2 "2021-01-05T21:38:36Z")

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the short answer is no.

the longer answer is @ [[Release] UnicornTranscoder, create a Plex Transcoding Cluster](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679/)

feature request @ [Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-scaling/76681)

see also @ [https://forums.plex.tv/search?q=distributed%20transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/search?q=distributed%20transcoding)

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**Author:** ![djmartrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/djmartrix/32/5890_2.png) [@djmartrix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djmartrix)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-tandem-pms-transcoding-a-thing/674848/3 "2021-01-06T10:07:23Z")

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i kinda figured that this has already been thought of but not achieved just yet.

cheers for the links. ill have to keep an eye out for updates

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-tandem-pms-transcoding-a-thing/674848/4 "2021-04-06T10:07:26Z")

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