# Separate "Default Quality Settings" for Live TV & DVR **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 24, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609 "2020-10-24T17:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marksagal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marksagal/32/207905_2.png) [@marksagal](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marksagal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/1 "2020-10-24T17:09:10Z")
Hello, I just want to suggest to have a separate “Quality Settings” for Live TV & DVR. The reason why is because I’m playing movies, tv shows, and personal medias in maximum quality (remote & local) but I don’t want to play Live TV in maximum quality because plex always transcode the Live TV in my case. I don’t have a powerful machine in my local to transcode UHD -\> UHD Live TV channels and also I’d also like to save computing power because i’m planning to move my Live TV server to a smaller machine (raspberry pi) to save energy. what I want to achieve is set the maximum quality for movies, tv shows but not for the Live TV. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/2 "2020-10-24T20:32:05Z")
Then Live TV will still be transcoded, which the RasPi cannot do. ---
**Author:** ![marksagal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marksagal/32/207905_2.png) [@marksagal](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marksagal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/3 "2020-10-25T02:25:28Z")
Yeah, you’re right, but, based on my observation, transcoding UHD -\> UHD is heavier than transcoding UHD -\> 720p. So I guess, I have to transcode it to lower quality for the smaller machine will be able to transcode the live tv. I’m hoping that I can handle that from there. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/4 "2020-10-25T06:39:42Z")
I doubt that the pi will ever be able to even decode UHD. ---
**Author:** ![marksagal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marksagal/32/207905_2.png) [@marksagal](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marksagal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/5 "2020-10-25T07:12:55Z")
an rpi 4? I’m not sure, haven’t tried it yet, but yeah, just like what i have said, those are just part of my plans. if not possible with a pi then at least a machine with a lower power consumption to save energy. currently, that’s not possible because Live TV & DVR have tightly coupled quality settings with other medias that can be played directly. ---
**Author:** ![marksagal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marksagal/32/207905_2.png) [@marksagal](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marksagal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/6 "2020-10-27T10:43:04Z")
I made it work with a workaround (using xTeVe). PMS is no longer transcoding UHD -\> UHD. I used an iptv-proxy (xTeVe) with FFmpeg in it. ffmpeg (with my control) is now in-charge of transcoding UHD -\> SD. In this setup, even my client (Android TV) is set to maximum quality, the quality is still SD and it’s not transcoding (average CPU usage from ffmpeg, not 100%, PMS transcoder almost has no CPU usage). Not a user-friendly solution but it works in my case. If it’s possible to close this suggestion instead of deleting, would be nice. PS: it works with mpegts not in hls, might work for you, just play around. Cc: @OttoKerner ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/separate-default-quality-settings-for-live-tv-dvr/646609/7 "2020-10-27T11:47:19Z")