+1 vote to support RPI 4 HW decode/encode.
WOW watch the devs just ignore everyone here lol
+1 vote to support RPI 4 HW decode/encode
+1 support for pi 4 hardware encode/decode.
For it to be available via ffmpeg on a hugely popular Ā£30 SBC and yet ignored for so long is sheer madness.
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+900 +900
+1 raspi4 and Plex could make a beautiful business together
Another +1 here. If ffmpeg now supports it, surely itās not too hard? RPI4 FTW!
Another +1 to Rpi4 HW transcoding.
Plex transcoding via ffmpeg wouldnāt be that difficult, if willing of course.
+1, add me to the list of people asking for this.
Tried Plex many years ago, maybe 2011-2012 and I chose to stick with XBMC at the time (now KODI). Still using KODI, came to see about PLEX and saw thereās no Raspberry Pi support which means I wonāt be switching until they do. Once they do, Iāll purchase the lifetime pass. Cāmon guys, get another customer!
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Can someone with a Plex Pass check Plex Media Server 1.24.6.5145 - New Transcoder Preview and test if it works on Raspberry Pi?
From my tests, the new transcoder doesnāt add support for hardware transcoding on Raspberry Pi.
I donāt think the devs are just sitting around laughing and saying āmuahaha pathetic Raspberry peasants, we will defiantly ignore youā. Thereās always priorities on any software project, and the Pi I just not one of them so pipe down.
IF anyone has the the right connections reading this thread wants to push things in our direction please do so 
My 8GB Pi 4 makes an awesome Plex server. Unsure why the devs are so against making it an amazing plex server. Clearly so many people want it.
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Is there hardware you can attach to rpi4 that enables this?
You posted this over a year ago, but wondering if you have by any chance ran comparisons for this.
A 2 hr long 4K piece takes about a day to āoptimizeā for āoriginal qualityā on the Pi, so creating original+tv+mobile would demand roughly 48 hours in my initial tests.
(Iām trying to maintain my expectations towards a Pi with hw transcoding enabled to transcode 4K high quality stuff in real-time. Perhaps creating plex versions outside of plex is a way around here).
For about 10 years ive been a satisfied plex user. Built many servers and also recruited many users who all have shared access to eachothers setups. However with the extremely unstable and very expensive electricity in Europe now it has become a raspberry pi or nothing kind of world. The price of electricity now costs 5-10 times as much as normal varying from day to day.
Converting our entire collections would be extremely expensive in electricity alone, not to mention the time it would take. Which eliminates that option.
So its cloud storage for my files and pi to watch media.
Been waiting for this feature for so long now id say its time to part ways with Plex. This also goes for those i know who have/had servers. You have a great product guys, but from where im sitting its become stagnant and your spreading yourself too thin.
I read in a seperate post that this is a cost issue which cant be justified due to the low nr of pi4 plex users. I also know ffmpeg supports HW decoding and the pi4 has HW decoding. Im sorry to say thats a BS response to this feature request. Obviously there wont be as many pi4 users when the product doesnt work properly on a Pi4 (by that i mean HW transcoding). And the cost is minimal compared to the pi users you would gain by adding this.
Hopefully you will work more towards a lower carbon footprint solution for homelab users (low power options). Its go green time weather you like it or not.
Thanks for all the good years! Its been a pleasure 
Dont become another dinosaur.
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Could you say is there any other option except Plex for the RPI 4 supporting HW transcoding?
Hey look, a Black Friday 25% off life time pass special came to my inbox, I check here, still no Pi4 HW transcoding. So I guess Iām not buying a pass this year then
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Yah emby supports hw transcoding on pi4 No more hardware encoding on Raspberry Pi 4 after 4.5.3 upgrade - Linux - Emby Community
Plex team canāt be bothered to update their custom ffmpeg to do it. Guess it is a poor design decision from them to branch from ffmpeg actual, shown by issues like this. Now as new hardware comes and ffmpeg evolves plex stagnates.
Much sad.
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