Server Version#:4.12.13 Player Version#: I’ve created a fresh plex server, running on windows server 2019. The CPU is a i7-6700k CPU @ 4 GHz with a GTX 750 ti GPU. When transcoding video I find the CPU is at 100% while the GPU is only at ~ 20%. I’ve got plex pass, and I’ve enabled hardware trans…

Plex maxing out CPU while GPU is at 20%

TeknoJunky January 23, 2020, 9:17pm 4

if you are trying to transcode 4k/hevc, then your card is not capable.

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