# Per user transcode options **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [June 1, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-user-transcode-options/598460 "2020-06-01T18:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sorr535771](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@sorr535771](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sorr535771)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-user-transcode-options/598460/1 "2020-06-01T18:58:36Z")
I have a friend who cannot use hardware transcode for some reason, the only way i can get stuff to play at their house is to turn this feature off. This obviously turns it off for everyone. It would be great if we could have a per user transcode option. ---
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-user-transcode-options/598460/2 "2020-06-01T19:14:01Z")
This request comes up fairly frequently; a quick search using your exact post title returns this existing feature request: > [@disable transcoding (per user setting)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/disable-transcoding-per-user-setting/86588): > > Hi,   I would love to have a feature that would allow me to disable transcoding on a per-user base. I share my media amongst some users but I have to ask them to only directplay (using the plex theatre app on PC/MAC) because otherwise after 4 concurrent sessions my CPU starts to give up ...   thanks for considering !   edd--     I’d recommend voting over there. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-user-transcode-options/598460/3 "2020-06-02T06:28:55Z")