# Feature Request: x265 in Optimized Versions **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [June 29, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972 "2022-06-29T10:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furflix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/furflix/32/12817_2.png) [@furflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/furflix)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/1 "2022-06-29T10:50:41Z")
Hi there! Maybe it’s just me, but it would VERY nice to have the option to re-encode my videos to x265, just by having that option on the dropdown list in “Optimized Versions”. Maybe it’s just to much trouble to implement it, but for sure I would find it very useful! PS: Sorry, I’ve opened this post in a wrong place. Could you please move it to, Feature Suggestions? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/2 "2022-06-29T11:36:50Z")
Requires pretty significant investment in hardware and you might get one real time stream for the effort. Aside from that their already exists a request. > [@Transcode to HEVC/x265](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcode-to-hevc-x265/360421): > > Is the ability to transcode to HEVC/x265 something that’s on the roadmap? Most, possibly all, of the people I share my library with use playback devices which support HEVC playback. I’ve got a very beefy Xeon processor with more cores than I have fingers in my server that is perfectly capable of transcoding a couple streams to HEVC. It would be nice if there was an advanced option, or maybe a feature for PlexPass subscribers, to enable transcoding to HEVC for devices that support it to increase… ---
**Author:** ![furflix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/furflix/32/12817_2.png) [@furflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/furflix)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/3 "2022-06-29T15:17:19Z")
Thanks @Tiebierius for your reply. I think what I’m proposing is a different thing than what the user @mrow is requesting. He is talking about to live transcode from x264 to x265. What I’m talking on my post, is adding the option x265 in the “Optimized Versions” feature. You know… Instead of saving a new version of my video in x264 720p 2mb .mp4 file…I want to do the same the same, but with x265 to save space. Hardware is not an issue, but storage sometimes can be 🙂 Hope my msg is a little more clear now. Regards, FF ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/4 "2022-06-29T15:52:43Z")
@furflix Realtime versus Optimizing still requires “H265 encoding”. H265 encoding requires additional licencing. ---
**Author:** ![furflix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/furflix/32/12817_2.png) [@furflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/furflix)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/5 "2022-06-30T12:35:08Z")
oh ok, didn’t know for encoding x265 in linux using the CPU you needed a license. It’s a pity for sure. Thanks for your reply @ChuckPa! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972/6 "2022-09-28T12:35:48Z")
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