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diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/EncodingConfigurationExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/EncodingConfigurationExtensions.cs
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+using System.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class containing extension methods for working with the encoding configuration.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EncodingConfigurationExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the encoding options.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurationManager">The configuration manager.</param>
+        /// <returns>The encoding options.</returns>
+        public static EncodingOptions GetEncodingOptions(this IConfigurationManager configurationManager)
+            => configurationManager.GetConfiguration<EncodingOptions>("encoding");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the transcoding temp path from the encoding configuration.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurationManager">The Configuration manager.</param>
+        /// <returns>The transcoding temp path.</returns>
+        public static string GetTranscodePath(this IConfigurationManager configurationManager)
+        {
+            var transcodingTempPath = configurationManager.GetEncodingOptions().TranscodingTempPath;
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(transcodingTempPath))
+            {
+                return Path.Combine(configurationManager.CommonApplicationPaths.ProgramDataPath, "transcodes");
+            }
+
+            return transcodingTempPath;
+        }
+    }
+}