# Selective Hardware Transcoding by resolution

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/selective-hardware-transcoding-by-resolution/484934>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selective-hardware-transcoding-by-resolution/484934 "2019-11-03T00:29:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selective-hardware-transcoding-by-resolution/484934/1 "2019-11-03T00:29:14Z")

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Hello!

Hardware transcoding works great for me at 720p or higher resolutions and saves my Intel NUC server a lot of CPU power when enabled. However my 480p or lower transcode remote users complain the quality is unwatchable.

Please add a setting to only use hardware transcoding at select resolutions or greater. We could set it to only use hardware transcode at 720 or 1080 stream or higher and then use the normal transcoding processes for lower resolutions. This would provide at least some CPU relief and benefits while not impacting lower quality streams. Thank you!!

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