# Please enable option to disable transcoding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-option-to-disable-transcoding/356029>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-option-to-disable-transcoding/356029 "2019-01-01T11:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrSW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@MrSW](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MrSW)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-option-to-disable-transcoding/356029/1 "2019-01-01T11:54:53Z")

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Guys,

It would be very helpful if you put in the option in the plex server configuration page to disable transcoding so you can force everything to direct stream, especially when you only have a low powered NAS.

Especially at the moment with this year long bug where plex transcodes videos the end device can actually play.

If plex actually fixed this and added that option I’d pay the $150 for the life long plex pass, but not willing to pay money while there is major bugs not being fixed.

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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 1, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-option-to-disable-transcoding/356029/2 "2019-04-01T12:02:38Z")

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**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:** [October 15, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-enable-option-to-disable-transcoding/356029/3 "2019-10-15T10:07:38Z")

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Please take your Votes to this thread:

> [@\[implemented\] Feature request: disable transcoding](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-disable-transcoding/101180/1):
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> If we can have an option on the server side to disable transcoding altogether. &nbsp;I'm fully converting library to support direct play on almost all plex clients and bandwidth is not an issue. &nbsp; This would force the not so plex savy users to force direct play regardless of settings on their end.&nbsp;