# \[Release\] UnicornTranscoder, create a Plex Transcoding Cluster

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679 "2018-07-11T11:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcjt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@marcjt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcjt)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679/84 "2019-08-26T19:49:17Z")

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Here is the forum post for the new transcoder version:

> [@Plex Media Server 1.16.7.1597 (Updated) - New Transcoder Preview](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-1-16-7-1573-new-transcoder-preview/451135):
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> Hello, forum users! It’s time again for an update to Plex’s transcoding and analysis backend. This is a special forums-only preview release; the changes in this build will be included in an upcoming regular release once any new issues are handled. Please test this version with a variety of different media file formats and clients. If you notice any new issues (specifically ones that don’t also happen on the current beta release), please respond to this discussion instead of starting a new one, …

I am not very familiar with Linux, but hopefully I could play around with Ubuntu and get it working.

I am open to any suggestions as to the best hardware / price point combination. =)

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