# Transcoder default throttle buffer (in PMS settings)

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**Created:** [September 26, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-default-throttle-buffer-in-pms-settings/207735 "2017-09-26T15:12:38Z")\
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Answered by a Plex Team Member on other thread: “The “amount of seconds to buffer” tells the transcoder how far ahead of where you are in the movie to stay. During normal transcoding, it quickly transcodes a block of time then sleeps until it needs to transcode more. The time you tell it is how big that block is as measured in seconds.”

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