# Selective Hardware Transcoding by resolution **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![lawbabie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lawbabie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lawbabie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selective-hardware-transcoding-by-resolution/484934/8 "2025-02-11T17:40:24Z")
Agreed - my low-quality streaming files looked tiled/blurry with HW transcoding. If I can tell Plex to only use HW transcoding if CPU is running hot, or if I have more than two movies streaming all subsequent streams use HW transcoding, or to not transcode anything below 720, or a combination of the three. I’m not a fan of ‘only use HW transcoding for movies in this particular library’ approach. I posted a question to this very issue without seeing a feature request which matches my issue. > [@Hardware Transcoding fine tuning](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-fine-tuning/904411): > > Server Version#:1.41.3 Player Version#: not applicable I have been running Plex (with a Plex Pass) for years with no major problems. The XML file got corrupted once, but that was an easy fix (restored XML file from backup). Moving from one hardware platform to another also wasn’t a problem. The new hardware platform has a GPU in it. I correctly configured it on the UNRAID side to the Plex container, and Plex in the UI sees it and uses it. Again, no problem. I do notice that when hardwar… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selective-hardware-transcoding-by-resolution/484934)._