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 pos…

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. [image] Transcode to HEVC/x265 Feature Suggestions Is the ability to transcode to HEVC/x265 something that’s on the r…

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…

@furflix Realtime versus Optimizing still requires “H265 encoding”. H265 encoding requires additional licencing.

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 !

Feature Request: x265 in Optimized Versions

Plex Media Server

pl_5309 June 29, 2022, 11:36am 2

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.

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Feature Request: Native Support for H.265 Feature Suggestions	15	711	February 17, 2021
What ENCODER is used by plex? General Discussions	8	274	November 28, 2016
Force remote streams to HEVC Plex Media Server server-linux	2	204	June 15, 2021
Choose which version to optimize Plex Media Server server-windows	10	161	June 14, 2021
Transcode to HEVC/x265 Feature Suggestions	261	39440	January 24, 2025

Feature Request: x265 in Optimized Versions

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