# Is there a way to enable HW decoding but without enable HW endoding ?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-enable-hw-decoding-but-without-enable-hw-endoding/217956 "2017-12-17T16:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![F.Launay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/f.launay/32/88394_2.png) [@F.Launay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/F.Launay)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-enable-hw-decoding-but-without-enable-hw-endoding/217956/1 "2017-12-17T16:37:18Z")

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I all,

I have a PMS on linux, with more than enough power to provide (H264) transcoding capacity to all my family / friends.

But I have more and more HEVC files, and I can hardly have more than 2 or 3 HEVC transcode at a time, in software mode.  
And because of some of my friends having poor internet connection, the quality in HW mode is poor…

So, is there a way to only decode in HW mode, and then let the cpu do the job to ensure maximum quality, but at reasonable cost regarding HEVC decoding ?

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**Author:** ![teabag1701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@teabag1701](https://forums.plex.tv/u/teabag1701)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-enable-hw-decoding-but-without-enable-hw-endoding/217956/2 "2017-12-17T19:13:17Z")

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> **[Hardware Acceleration Multi-GPU](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/295658/hardware-acceleration-multi-gpu#latest)**
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> Hey Guys, Hoping someone might know the answer to this question. I have a desktop with 2-GPUs (2x Nvidia 1070). I would like to use one for gaming and the other one I use for converting my collection to H265 and doing transcoding on the fly. I want...

This link made a light bulb turn on for me. Hope something similar like this can help you. See if you can find a cheap gpu and find out if you can split the load for both gpus. 1 for encoding and the other for decoding.

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**Author:** ![F.Launay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/f.launay/32/88394_2.png) [@F.Launay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/F.Launay)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-enable-hw-decoding-but-without-enable-hw-endoding/217956/3 "2017-12-20T15:40:24Z")

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Thanks for your help

Unfortunately, the post in question deals with PLEX’s GPU affinity, in a multi GPU solution, under windows, with an Nvidia GPU.

I am in none of these conditions! (Linux / Intel iGPU/single GPU).

In any case the problem would remain the same: I do not know any GPU that is able to decode HEVC 10bit, and has no encoding capability.

maybe there is a possibility to disable encoding entrypoints? I have not found anything conclusive for the moment!

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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:** [January 8, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-there-a-way-to-enable-hw-decoding-but-without-enable-hw-endoding/217956/4 "2020-01-08T00:17:29Z")

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