# Transcoding 4K Requirements

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-requirements/136994
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [February 28, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-requirements/136994 "2016-02-28T01:13:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 11

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![wesman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wesman/32/775_2.png) [@wesman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wesman)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-requirements/136994/11 "2017-01-25T19:29:50Z")

</div>

the GTX will only transcode it the movie is going over its output, right? or does the OS utilize the graphics cards hardware to transcode the video that is then sent over the Ethernet Port?

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-requirements/136994)._