# Start plex transcode/stream

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/start-plex-transcode-stream/223765>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/start-plex-transcode-stream/223765 "2018-01-31T20:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_Kelz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Rob\_Kelz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Rob_Kelz)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/start-plex-transcode-stream/223765/1 "2018-01-31T20:39:00Z")

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Hi,

I’m working on some cloud app development at the moment and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to what function would be used to start a transcode stream?

I’ve managed to login and obtain the X-Plex-Token after a successful login from the user, I can also get all the library information by the following - http://{host}:{port}/library/sections/

And getting the media information from - http://{host}:{port}/library/metadata/{ratingkey}

But what would I call to start a stream? Any help and/or advice would be great as I’d like to get it to transcode into H264/AAC(MP4 Format) if possible

Thanks in advance.

Rob

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/start-plex-transcode-stream/223765/2 "2020-01-08T20:06:52Z")

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