If you're planning a Plex server or upgrading a current one, transcoding performance is probably a primary concern for you. We've come a long way from the days of 720p and limited bitrates, but ...

Hardware transcoding unlike software transcoding, relies on the server’s CPU to convert media files into different formats, hardware transcoding offloads this intensive task to a dedicated component ...

I'm working on transcoding our physical DVD library to something more server-based, partly so we can pull the DVDs off the shelf, partly because with a toddler, Plex seems likely to lead to less chaos ...