# Nvidia CUDA/NVENC HW Transcoding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981 "2017-08-02T16:35:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbze430](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mbze430](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mbze430)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/1 "2017-08-02T16:35:21Z")

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I was actually doing research on enabling Nvidia CUDA/NVENC transcoding for Emby but ran into Nvidia’s ffmpeg developer page. It mention Plex

> **[FFmpeg / libav](https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg)**
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> GPU-accelerated video processing integrated into the most popular open-source multimedia tools. FFmpeg and libav are among the most popular open-source multimedia manipulation tools with a library of plugins that can be applied to various parts of...

Can we use a Nvidia enabled ffmpeg on Plex’s PMS to enable Nvidia HW transcoding?

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/2 "2017-08-02T17:33:52Z")

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We already do.

[https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/221099648-Limitations-When-Running-Plex-Media-Server-on-NVIDIA-SHIELD](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/221099648-Limitations-When-Running-Plex-Media-Server-on-NVIDIA-SHIELD)

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**Author:** ![cprout618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cprout618/32/8342_2.png) [@cprout618](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cprout618)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/3 "2017-08-02T19:41:10Z")

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Thats transcoding on the Shield what about if you have a gtx 1080 ti on a pc?

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**Author:** ![mbze430](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mbze430](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mbze430)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/4 "2017-08-02T21:07:09Z")

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exactly, that’s for the Shield which uses their SoC (Tegra X1)

I am talking about PC GPUs on Linux/Windows PMS

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**Author:** ![santiagodraco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@santiagodraco](https://forums.plex.tv/u/santiagodraco)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/5 "2017-12-23T01:41:51Z")

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So if Plex employees can’t answer with a “Yes” they don’t answer at all it seems.

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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 7, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nvidia-cuda-nvenc-hw-transcoding/200981/6 "2020-01-07T23:36:22Z")

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