Problem:
How do I limit CPU from a CPU intensive application running at 100% in Windows?
Solution:
Download a program called BES or Battle Encoder Shirasé from this site.
Once you have the .exe on your system you can either just run the GUI or use the command line. In my case I put the below into a PowerShell script and had it run at login.
cmd.exe -/c C:\System\BES_1.7.9\BES.exe "C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Transcoder.exe" --alow-multi 5;40;3000
What this does is limit the CPU for the ‘Plex Transcoder.exe’ process (and multiple processes) to 50% each. It will watch for the process and activate when required.
