# Plex Remote Transcoder - A distributed transcoding backend for Plex

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**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")\
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> @alhatmy said:
> 
> > @rob256 said:
> > 
> > > @alhatmy said:  
> > > ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection refused
> > 
> > @alhatmy  
> > Can you try:
> > 
> > ```
> > ssh 127.0.0.1
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > If it asks you for a password, then add your pubic key to your authorized\_keys:
> > 
> > ```
> > ssh-copy-id 127.0.0.1
> > 
> > ```
> 
> its not asking for (password) yet, it shows the error (port 22: connection refreshed)

Is the error `port 22: connection refreshed` or `port 22: connection refused`? If it is showing `connection refused`, that typically means that `ssh` is not listening on that port.

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