Method and system for remotely transcoding content

A system comprising:

• a first cloud location generating a playlist corresponding to content titles stored therein;
• a server farm associated with a mass storage device;
• a user device in communication with the first cloud location through a network, said user device reviews the playlist and selects a first content title from the playlist to form a selection, said user device negotiating optimal settings by intercommunicating between the user device and the server farm in response to forming the selection, said user device communicating the selection to the server farm;
• a second cloud location comprising a transcoder device transcoding content corresponding to the selection to form transcoded content and storing the transcoded content in the mass storage device associated with the server farm;
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• said mass storage device communicating the transcoded content to the user device.