# Plex Remote Transcoder - A distributed transcoding backend for Plex **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [August 21, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681 "2015-08-21T16:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![reisrdok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@reisrdok](https://forums.plex.tv/u/reisrdok)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/61 "2015-09-21T06:04:09Z")
Wow, I have been waiting for this. I think I’ll try a Ubuntu server & PMS on Virtualbox image, and run it on my windows machines. ---
**Author:** ![RageInvader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RageInvader](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RageInvader)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/62 "2015-09-21T20:40:10Z")
I have two unRAID boxes, both with Xeons that can handle a 1080p stream each. Currently I run two Plex Servers. This would be perfect solution to have one Plex Server and the other being used for transcoding when two people watch at same time. Hopefully someone can make a Docker image from the Github ---
**Author:** ![DallasHQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dallashq/32/5077_2.png) [@DallasHQ](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DallasHQ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/63 "2015-09-23T01:12:18Z")
Hoping this comes to Windows, interesting project. ---
**Author:** ![CB2131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CB2131](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CB2131)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/64 "2015-10-01T02:33:22Z")
I hope this project still lives! ---
**Author:** ![wnielson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wnielson/32/2673_2.png) [@wnielson](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wnielson)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/65 "2015-10-01T02:35:29Z")
Don’t worry, I haven’t given up on it, I’ve just been busy. ---
**Author:** ![spyrokeet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/spyrokeet/32/16274_2.png) [@spyrokeet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/spyrokeet)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/66 "2015-10-03T06:09:02Z")
Forgive me for being a noob, but would this work using multiple nodes as slaves instead of just one? I ask because I recently acquired a number of Raspberry pi 2s… They’re not terribly powerful, but each is more than capable of transcoding a single stream, and building a raspberry pi cluster plex media server would be an awesome project… ---
**Author:** ![cjmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@cjmac](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cjmac)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/67 "2015-10-04T10:37:09Z")
@spyrokeet Have a look at [https://github.com/wnielson/Plex-Remote-Transcoder/wiki/Improvements-&-Additional-Features#load-balancing](https://github.com/wnielson/Plex-Remote-Transcoder/wiki/Improvements-&-Additional-Features#load-balancing) - it does support splitting the sessions. I’d be really interested to see someone get the Pi’s hardware transcoding working with this - [https://blankstechblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/hardware-video-encoding-progess-with-the-raspberry-pi/](https://blankstechblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/hardware-video-encoding-progess-with-the-raspberry-pi/) ---
**Author:** ![rickcab1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rickcab1/32/12064_2.png) [@rickcab1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rickcab1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/68 "2015-10-15T02:39:39Z")
This would actually be interesting for Windows! I could then take my Dell Server and load ESX on it and just run multiple Windows VM’s since it seems as my CPU are not even taking a hit on transcoding even with multiple streams. ---
**Author:** ![rkotsybar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rkotsybar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rkotsybar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/69 "2015-10-15T17:03:00Z")
Thread bookmarked. C’mon Windows version. I’d be willing to put up a bounty for it. ---
**Author:** ![olsenlid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dbc845/32.png) [@olsenlid](https://forums.plex.tv/u/olsenlid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/70 "2015-10-31T17:49:33Z")
Would this be possible to do on a Synology NAS master and Mac Pro slave? ---
**Author:** ![mattmac24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mattmac24/32/5444_2.png) [@mattmac24](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mattmac24)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/71 "2015-11-06T01:27:02Z")
This is an awesome project, I am going to give it a try this weekend 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StephRS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stephrs/32/12081_2.png) [@StephRS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StephRS)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/72 "2015-11-11T07:20:44Z")
Why’s everyone asking for a Windows version? > @TaraAve said: > This is an awesome project, I am going to give it a try this weekend 🙂 > Any results? I’d like to give it a try as soon as I can get some borrowed hardware. ---
**Author:** ![frodofeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@frodofeet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/frodofeet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/73 "2015-11-16T07:32:40Z")
What a great project initiative! I hope it can be completed, I’d like to offload the transcoding from my inept synology ds415+ to anything else; raspberry pi2, or especially a windows pc. This has the potential of being my favorite nas addon! ---
**Author:** ![Suspense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Suspense](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Suspense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/74 "2015-11-16T18:47:24Z")
Is it possible to use this with a remote storage box? For example, master node is linux, 2 linux slaves. Media is stored on a windows server?. EDIT: Will test this tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![saitoh183](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/saitoh183/32/102303_2.png) [@saitoh183](https://forums.plex.tv/u/saitoh183)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/75 "2015-11-17T03:37:08Z")
> @Stephan1987 said: > Why’s everyone asking for a Windows version? Because many users that complain (like me) about transcoding killing there machine are on windows. @wnielson best prject since the invention of slice bread 🙂 keep up the good work. I will also test it once(or if ever ) there is a windows version. ---
**Author:** ![stphnwaikari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stphnwaikari/32/6107_2.png) [@stphnwaikari](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stphnwaikari)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/76 "2015-11-23T20:41:15Z")
Is this project still going. Would be a great idea to have. I have 2 servers and Gaming PC and would love to use the power off all three when needed. ---
**Author:** ![wnielson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wnielson/32/2673_2.png) [@wnielson](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wnielson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/77 "2015-11-24T06:19:31Z")
@stphnwaikari said: > Is this project still going. Would be a great idea to have. I have 2 servers and Gaming PC and would love to use the power off all three when needed. Yeah, I haven’t given up on it but I’ve been very busy lately. I hope to resume working on it soon. ---
**Author:** ![stphnwaikari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stphnwaikari/32/6107_2.png) [@stphnwaikari](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stphnwaikari)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/78 "2015-11-24T07:41:41Z")
great to hear. Going to setup a LAB over the next couple of days. Keen to try out. ---
**Author:** ![segator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@segator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/segator)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/79 "2015-11-26T18:42:58Z")
■■■■■■■ AWESOME!! Main Plex Server(VPS only 1€/Month) mounting hubic 12.5TB (4€/Month) transcoding remotely to 10 servers also from (VPS 1€ for everyone,yes its enough power to do 1 transcoding, and every of the VPS mounting also hubic, this reduce a lot bandwitch between transcoder and main) Multiple transcoding server(scalable) + large media library for only 14€ month 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jig\_Saw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jig_saw/32/11413_2.png) [@Jig\_Saw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Jig_Saw)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681/80 "2015-11-26T21:35:16Z")
> @segator said: > ■■■■■■■ AWESOME!! > > Main Plex Server(VPS only 1€/Month) mounting hubic 12.5TB (4€/Month) transcoding remotely to 10 servers also from (VPS 1€ for everyone,yes its enough power to do 1 transcoding, and every of the VPS mounting also hubic, this reduce a lot bandwitch between transcoder and main) > > Multiple transcoding server(scalable) + large media library for only 14€ month 🙂 Ca you give us more details ? VPS providers for example 🙂 Very interesting ! [Previous page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-remote-transcoder-a-distributed-transcoding-backend-for-plex/112681.md?page=5)