From a plex perspective, there could be the chance you are transcoding. On your local network, you are probably Direct Playing on your client devices. This is seen by the dashboard on your computer’s Plex app. But normally when a remote user accesses Plex, it is likely to start a transcode. This could be due to a number of reasons but most of the time it will be because the bandwidth isn’t enough to allow Direct Play. Transcoding can give your CPU a workout, especially if you are software transcoding. You will need a Plex Pass for hardware transcoding which uses less CPU overall.
From a plex perspective, there could be the chance you are transcoding. On your local network, you are probably Direct Playing on your client devices. This is seen by the dashboard on your computer’s Plex app. But normally when a remote user accesses Plex, it is likely to start a transcode. This could be due to a number of reasons but most of the time it will be because the bandwidth isn’t enough to allow Direct Play. Transcoding can give your CPU a workout, especially if you are software transcoding. You will need a Plex Pass for hardware transcoding which uses less CPU overall.