# \[Feature Request\] Upgrade FFMPEG base for extended hardware de/encoding support under Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231 "2018-02-04T16:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![42\_Ronin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/e480ec/32.png) [@42\_Ronin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/42_Ronin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/1 "2018-02-04T16:39:37Z")
The current Plex Transcoder seems to be based on FFMPEG 2.5 which doesn’t support hardware accelerated decoding for nVidia GPUs on Linux systems. (as described [here](https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/ "here")) FFMPEG \>=3.3 however can make use of accelerated encoding and decoding for nVidia GPUs: [developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg](https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg "https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg") So it would be great if you could merge the latest changes into the Plex Transcoder to support more than just Intel QuickSync under Linux. ---
**Author:** ![acctoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@acctoon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/acctoon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/2 "2018-02-09T13:50:22Z")
would like to say +1 ---
**Author:** ![42\_Ronin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/e480ec/32.png) [@42\_Ronin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/42_Ronin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/3 "2018-02-09T21:47:07Z")
I find it kind of strange btw. that nVidia is advertising Plex on their FFMPEG site even though Plex currently doesn’t really support hardware acceleration for nVidia GPUs. It’s really misleading imho. ---
**Author:** ![acctoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@acctoon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/acctoon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/4 "2018-02-14T05:50:13Z")
Just noticed the “\*\* HW decode support will be added to libav in the near future” in [https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg](https://developer.nvidia.com/ffmpeg), could that be a problemsolver for us as plex uses libav? ---
**Author:** ![revr3nd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@revr3nd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/revr3nd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/5 "2018-04-09T23:11:16Z")
+1 for this feature. I would like to be able to start using 4K media. Running Plex in a Linux container on my server and want to leverage my GPU for more than just encode. ---
**Author:** ![Rodrigo\_Rodrigues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Rodrigo\_Rodrigues](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Rodrigo_Rodrigues)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/6 "2018-09-04T17:09:11Z")
Any news on this? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-upgrade-ffmpeg-base-for-extended-hardware-de-encoding-support-under-linux/224231/7 "2021-07-04T16:24:02Z")
2021 clean-up: implemented (AMD support → [dedicated suggestion](https://forums.plex.tv/t/are-there-any-plans-for-amd-hardware-acceleration-to-come-to-linux/405749))