Transcoder Settings List

Server Settings List

For more information regarding these settings, please visit the Plex Advanced/Hidden server settings page or ask on the Plex Forums if you wish to know more about these Advanced/Hidden settings.

Settings Group: transcoder

Name	Label	Summary	Type	Default	Value
TranscoderQuality	Transcoder quality	Quality profile used by the transcoder.	int	0	0
SegmentedTranscoderTimeout	Segmented transcoder timeout	Timeout in seconds segmented transcodes wait for the transcoder to begin writing data.	int	20	20
TranscoderTempDirectory	Transcoder temporary directory	Directory to use when transcoding for temporary files.	text
TranscoderDefaultDuration	Transcoder default duration	Duration in minutes to use when transcoding something with an unknown duration.	int	120	120
TranscoderThrottleBuffer	Transcoder default throttle buffer	Amount in seconds to buffer before throttling the transcoder.	int	60	60
TranscoderPruneBuffer	Transcoder default prune buffer	Amount in past seconds to retain before pruning segments from a transcode.	int	300	300
TranscoderLivePruneBuffer			int	5400	5400
TranscoderH264Preset			text	veryfast	veryfast
TranscoderH264BackgroundPreset	Background transcoding x264 preset	The x264 preset value used for background transcoding (Sync and Media Optimizer). Slower values will result in better video quality and smaller file sizes, but will take significantly longer to complete processing.	text	veryfast	veryfast
TranscoderH264Options			text
TranscoderH264OptionsOverride			text
TranscoderH264MinimumCRF			double	16	16
TranscoderLogLevel			text	error	error
TranscoderToneMapping	Enable HDR tone mapping	Transcoded HDR content will appear highly dimmed and desaturated with this disabled. Additional driver components may be needed to support hardware transcoding with this feature enabled; see our support articles for further details.	bool	true	false
TranscoderCanOnlyRemuxVideo	Disable video stream transcoding	Disable transcoding of the video stream in transcoder operations. With this set, the transcoder may still transcode audio as well as remux video.	bool	false	false
HardwareAcceleratedCodecs	Use hardware acceleration when available	Plex Media Server will attempt to use hardware-accelerated video codecs when encoding and decoding video. Hardware acceleration can make transcoding faster and allow more simultaneous video transcodes, but it can also reduce video quality and compatibility.	bool	true	false
HardwareAcceleratedEncoders	Use hardware-accelerated video encoding	If hardware acceleration is enabled, this controls whether it's used for encoding, in addition to decoding.	bool	true	false
SystemAudioCodecs			bool	true	true
HardwareDevicePath			text
VaapiDriver			text
VaapiKernelDriver			text
omxdecExtraOutBufs			int	0	0
TranscodeCountLimit	Maximum simultaneous video transcode	Limit the number of simultaneous video transcode streams your server can utilize	int	0	0

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