# Proper Transcoding controle with DLNA **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-transcoding-controle-with-dlna/25943 "2012-12-29T13:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JM-Y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@JM-Y](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JM-Y)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-transcoding-controle-with-dlna/25943/1 "2012-12-29T13:00:01Z")
I would like to see a proper implementation to controle the transcoder during dlna playback. Currently when playing MKV files on my dlna enabled devices, pause, rewind and fastforward commands somehow restart the process from scratch. Timeflagged items are behaving the same (strating from the beginning instead of 1 hour 10 secs in). ---
**Author:** ![Michiel\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/michiel_1/32/2124_2.png) [@Michiel\_1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Michiel_1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-transcoding-controle-with-dlna/25943/2 "2012-12-29T14:47:28Z")
Totally agree on this one, specially very handy for Sony devices 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-transcoding-controle-with-dlna/25943/3 "2021-04-01T00:06:03Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Transcoding together with DLNA](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-together-with-dlna/297617): > > when the Plex TV-app is used and the audio/video specifications do not match the capabilities of the TV, than PMS will transcode it for you. of course under the provision that the server can handle this. when the same situation occurs using the DLNA-server of PMS, than an error occurs. which means that the a/v-content is not transcoded. in order to achieve this, there are profiles. but this is so enormous complicated and very unpractical. the solution would be the let the DLNA server start … ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-transcoding-controle-with-dlna/25943/4 "2021-06-10T00:47:26Z")