# Plex Beta 1.7.1.3856

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-beta-1-7-1-3856/193235>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-beta-1-7-1-3856/193235 "2017-05-26T10:02:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![HansPeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@HansPeder](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HansPeder)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-beta-1-7-1-3856/193235/1 "2017-05-26T10:02:17Z")

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Hello,

i can’t find the checkbox for hardware transcoding after installing the new beta version, where is it?

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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:** [May 26, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-beta-1-7-1-3856/193235/2 "2017-05-26T11:02:30Z")

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Hardware transcoding hasn’t been released to Plex Pass yet. It is not available in the regular public and Plex Pass releases.

It is only available in special builds for initial testing:

> **[Plex Media Server - Hardware Transcoding Preview (closed)](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/250946/plex-media-server-hardware-transcoding-preview-3-1-6-0-3720/p1#top)**
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> Happy holidays, forum users! We’ve got something special in store for you with this release: it enables hardware transcoding for Windows, macOS, and Linux for Plex Pass users. Using hardware transcoding reduces CPU usage and power consumption, and...

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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, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-beta-1-7-1-3856/193235/3 "2020-01-07T23:19:24Z")

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