Sure- here’s what it’s running when playing on the web, doing original-quality transcode; this runs at about 98% CPU usage:
gregr@nas1:~$ ps aux | grep Transcode
plex 16955 394 3.1 476400 255140 ? Rl 18:18 1:38 /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Transcoder -codec:#0x31 mpeg2video -ss 30 -i /volume1/media/TV Shows/A Craftsman's Legacy/Season 03/A Craftsman's Legacy - s03e09 - The Cooper.mpg -filter_complex [0:#0x31]yadif[1];[1]scale=w=min(1920\,iw):h=min(1080\,ih):force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,format=pix_fmts=yuv420p|nv12[0] -map [0] -codec:0 libx264 -crf:0 16 -maxrate:0 17904k -bufsize:0 35808k -r:0 29.969999999999999 -preset:0 veryfast -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -force_key_frames:0 expr:gte(t,30+n_forced*1) -map 0:#0x34 -metadata:s:1 language=eng -codec:1 copy -copypriorss:1 0 -segment_format mpegts -f ssegment -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_time 1 -segment_start_number 30 -segment_copyts 1 -segment_time_delta 0.0625 -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 media-%05d.ts -start_at_zero -copyts -y -nostats -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/08r3nsuro8lbfgvpfah2ou85/progress
Just for grins, here’s the command when transcoding down to 3Mbps 720p, which runs at about 75% CPU:
gregr@nas1:~$ ps aux | grep Transcode
plex 17552 304 1.7 326900 138484 ? Sl 18:20 1:49 /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Transcoder -codec:#0x31 mpeg2video -ss 177 -i /volume1/media/TV Shows/A Craftsman's Legacy/Season 03/A Craftsman's Legacy - s03e09 - The Cooper.mpg -filter_complex [0:#0x31]yadif[1];[1]scale=w=min(1280\,iw):h=min(720\,ih):force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,format=pix_fmts=yuv420p|nv12[0] -map [0] -codec:0 libx264 -crf:0 18 -maxrate:0 3000k -bufsize:0 6000k -r:0 29.969999999999999 -preset:0 veryfast -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -force_key_frames:0 expr:gte(t,177+n_forced*3) -map 0:#0x34 -metadata:s:1 language=eng -codec:1 copy -copypriorss:1 0 -segment_format mpegts -f ssegment -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_time 3 -segment_start_number 59 -segment_copyts 1 -segment_time_delta 0.0625 -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 media-%05d.ts -start_at_zero -copyts -y -nostats -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/8zkgxn9r3lthx74tqlqezot4/progress
And, for giggles, here’s 1.5Mbps 480p transcode, at about 65% CPU:
gregr@nas1:~$ ps aux | grep Transcode
plex 17904 251 1.1 214760 92472 ? Sl 18:22 1:28 /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Transcoder -codec:#0x31 mpeg2video -ss 240 -i /volume1/media/TV Shows/A Craftsman's Legacy/Season 03/A Craftsman's Legacy - s03e09 - The Cooper.mpg -filter_complex [0:#0x31]yadif[1];[1]scale=w=min(720\,iw):h=min(404\,ih):force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,format=pix_fmts=yuv420p|nv12[0] -map [0] -codec:0 libx264 -crf:0 19 -maxrate:0 1500k -bufsize:0 3000k -r:0 29.969999999999999 -preset:0 veryfast -x264opts:0 subme=2:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -force_key_frames:0 expr:gte(t,240+n_forced*8) -map 0:#0x34 -metadata:s:1 language=eng -codec:1 copy -copypriorss:1 0 -segment_format mpegts -f ssegment -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_time 8 -segment_start_number 30 -segment_copyts 1 -segment_time_delta 0.0625 -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 media-%05d.ts -start_at_zero -copyts -y -nostats -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/pcz7577f7nmwvjyyy2zaeu9z/progress