# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-x265-in-optimized-versions/798972)._