# Transcoding when it should not
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693
**Category:** Apps & Creations
**Created:** [February 25, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693 "2017-02-25T16:01:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@SkylerWolfe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SkylerWolfe)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693/1 "2017-02-25T16:01:21Z")
I noticed today on one of my computers running OPHT that it was transcoding. I checked my settings and it was correctly set to play local files “direct play”. I had the remote play setting as 2 mbps. When I changed the latter to direct play my files then played correctly. It seems that it is not treating the file as a local file, when in fact it is. Perhaps this is a PMS issue, though?
Edit: I tried the same movie on another computer (both Win10) with similar settings (direct play for local and 2 mbps for remote) and it did not lead to a transcoded file. I don’t really care because I can keep the settings such that it will work for me but just reporting it.
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### Author:  [@benjaminwolf](https://forums.plex.tv/u/benjaminwolf)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693/2 "2017-02-26T07:20:15Z")
What are the internal IPs of the problem computer and the PMS?
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### Author:  [@SkylerWolfe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SkylerWolfe)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693/3 "2017-03-01T00:15:40Z")
It seems to be working fine now. I don’t know what the issue was.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-when-it-should-not/181693/4 "2020-01-08T19:31:43Z")