# Plex Dash historical information about transcoding and used codecs

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexdash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875 "2020-09-22T11:13:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![admlko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@admlko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/admlko)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875/1 "2020-09-22T11:13:01Z")

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Hi,

I would like to see which streams were transcoded and which codecs were used in the past.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875/2 "2020-09-24T21:31:18Z")

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we don’t store that historical data in the database, unfortunately.

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**Author:** ![admlko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@admlko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/admlko)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875/3 "2020-09-25T08:28:02Z")

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Ah, okay. Thank you for the information.

Would it be something you guys might be interested in adding?

Or is there other users who would find this useful? 🙂

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dash-historical-information-about-transcoding-and-used-codecs/635875/4 "2020-12-24T08:28:03Z")

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