# Live TV and transcoding while recording **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-tv-and-transcoding-while-recording/226247 "2018-02-20T11:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kierand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@kierand](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kierand)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-tv-and-transcoding-while-recording/226247/1 "2018-02-20T11:18:26Z")
Hi there, I’ve just started using the Live TV functionality with a WinTV-quadHD. At first I was running it without the (experimental) transcode while recording but I found that some clients would not play the recorded video. I have since turned it on and and very happy with the results. However, I have noticed that the transcode process will use around 50% of each CPU core in the machine while recording. Therefore I assume it will be OK with two simultaneous recordings. I am however concerned what will happen if it tries to record 3 or 4 recordings at a time? The ideal scenario would be that Plex would realise that it cannot do it in real-time and so would instead do the conversion when there are sufficient system resources available. Can anyone confirm if it does anything like this? I guess my alternative would be to run some sort of batch transcode at night for all recordings that have been done that day. This however would not be ideal as I may want to watch something that has not been converted yet on the day that it aired. The other option is that the quad tuner actually shows up as 2 dual tuners. I could set one to transcode and the other not to. I would then want to get it to prioritise the one that does transcode if that is possible (I can’t see the option). That will end up being messy though as I will end up with some shows that are not converted unless I again set up some sort of batch processing to catch those shows. Can anyone shed some light on what my options are please? Thanks, Kieran ---
**Author:** ![kierand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@kierand](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kierand)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-tv-and-transcoding-while-recording/226247/2 "2018-02-23T13:56:30Z")
Sorry to bump my question, but I would really like to get opinions on this if possible. ---
**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, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-tv-and-transcoding-while-recording/226247/3 "2020-01-08T00:38:44Z")