It is not yet available to public users or beta users unless you are running the preview version from this thread.
The code is implemented in the current beta but switched “off” until Plex marketing gives the all clear and all the device clients are updated with software and logic to take advantage of HEVC.
Thanks for your fast reply. That was my understanding before reading the message I referenced.
I’ve been running this preview build since it’s been available and have been really happy with it. Almost all my content is encoded in AV1, and many of my client devices don’t support it yet, so the HEVC transcoding has been essential for 4K content.
Hopefully they launch it with clear documentation for which CPU’s, and players will work with it. I’m still iffy if my i7-7700 can do everything more recent chips can. I want to decide what platform my next plex server should be made from.
A380 
(as long as it’s purchasable and at its price; works great, no issues at all, yet, amazing value for money)
Probably, at a higher quality than a GPU. Nothing compared to a GPUs efficiency with a native hw encoder, though. Course count might be tough depending on what you’re trying to do and how many clients you’re trying to serve.
I meant for use with its quick sync h.265 encoder. Hardware acceleration-not software.
I haven’t been able to get my GPU to decode AV1 with Plex which has been a hangup for me converting to AV1 even though it’s performance is amazing. Works with Emby though so I think it’s just a matter of time before this gets worked out. I’m using a RTX 4500 ada generation card.
I hoped so much for a christmas present 
This is such a major feature, fingers crossed we get it after new years?
It could just stay deactivated on yet not supported devices^^
Bro! You have Hidden Server settings function built in: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/
Toss power users a bone?
I would get low end intel that has 10 bit hevc encoding, maybe even a n100.
6 sata ports and 4x2.5Gb intel ethernet
Are you referring to these?:
@chris_decker08 is referring to the servers at plex.tv – not our local PMS software.
Chris is a great and gifted programmer, but like he’s already stated, it’s out of his control and that the functionality is in the current builds.
We ALL need to be patient and hope that they people in control make the feature available sooner rather than later. (it was never going to made available before everyone goes on holiday…)
I’m sure Chris will update this thread when he knows anything additional. (like he has on numerous occasions already)
Chatting with Chris, we’re having a bit of a disconnect about external VOBSUB or external PGS.
Text formats can be external but we’re not finding anything which supports external PGS or VOBSUB.
Might you know where that reference is?
Would this be in reference to .IDX and .SUP bitmap containers? That’s the only time I’ve seen external VOSUB or PGS.
Thanks for that confirmation.
We’re looking at source code and that’s what it looks like to us but given the naming disparity, I wanted to double check with folks who use it more often than I.
Thanks for this long awaited feature.
I’m running it on my HP290 with no hints and can :
Just curious for the people who are testing it, if you were to transcode to 1080p in x265, what are the bitrates possible ? Since currently for the 1080p x264, the least bitrate you can choose is 10Mbps and I was curious if you could do it for half of that.
Also if I have a 1080gtx currently will it be capable to transcode a few 4K streams to x265 ?
Thanks!
I forget what the bitrate options were, but I do know that nvidia cards are artificially limited to one hardware encode at a time. They want you to shell out for professional cards for more.
Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix
Most GeForce consumer cards are limited to eight concurrent encodes. Some cards have no encoding capability.
The number of encodes supported by Nvidia RTX/Quadro professional card varies by card. Most are unrestricted. However, some are limited to eight and some have no encoding capability.
See the Nvidia support matrix for detailed, per-card information.
Plex is reviewing the bitrates for HEVC encoding. Once the bitrates are determined, the clients will be updated accordingly. This is discussed somewhere earlier in the thread (which is 700+ posts long and I couldn’t find the exact posts).
Elpamsoft has performance information on transcoding to H.264. I’m not aware of similar information when transcoding to HEVC.
There will definitely be a learning curve for everyone when HEVC transcoding goes live.
Chris has recreated (confirmed) the subtitle burning regression in the latest build.
He is working on it now.
And after solving this it goes live? =P
