# Support for zero-copy hardware transcoding on WINDOWS with Nvidia GPUs

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-zero-copy-hardware-transcoding-on-windows-with-nvidia-gpus/456371>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-zero-copy-hardware-transcoding-on-windows-with-nvidia-gpus/456371 "2019-09-03T09:17:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![RandomFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@RandomFTW](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RandomFTW)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-zero-copy-hardware-transcoding-on-windows-with-nvidia-gpus/456371/1 "2019-09-03T09:17:40Z")

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Hello, i saw a video about the new transcoding, will it be available for windows and how can i start using it?

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**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-zero-copy-hardware-transcoding-on-windows-with-nvidia-gpus/456371/2 "2019-09-03T09:28:41Z")

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You need a Plex Pass and download the work in progress alpha from here:

> [@Plex Media Server 1.16.7.1597 (Updated) - New Transcoder Preview](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-1-16-7-1597-updated-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, …

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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:** [December 2, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-zero-copy-hardware-transcoding-on-windows-with-nvidia-gpus/456371/3 "2019-12-02T09:28:45Z")

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