# Plex Media Server appears to be only using one thread for transcoding

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-appears-to-be-only-using-one-thread-for-transcoding/913984
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [April 20, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-appears-to-be-only-using-one-thread-for-transcoding/913984 "2025-04-20T02:46:33Z")
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### Author: ![Sean\_Poole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Sean\_Poole](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sean_Poole)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-appears-to-be-only-using-one-thread-for-transcoding/913984/2 "2025-04-25T17:40:50Z")

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Is this somehow related to this issue?

> [@iGPU transcode and optimization speeds drastically decreased after update](https://forums.plex.tv/t/igpu-transcode-and-optimization-speeds-drastically-decreased-after-update/913240):
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> Server Version#: 1.41.6.9685 Player Version#: 4.145.1 Server has been working flawlessly for many months. About a month ago I turned on the HEVC transcoding option and still worked amazing. My 12700k’s iGPU would consistently get 7-12x speeds with everything set to the highest qualities. Then I updated to the most recent server version and now I barely get 2x speeds (large files closer to .8x). Changing to my backup GPU (1050ti) gets back up to the 7x range without much struggle. my diagnost…

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