so quick question, when am i going to start seeing same quality lower bitrates with hevc that we were told would happen once hevc was released. because at the moment im seeing identical files with hevc and avc. they are same quality and bitrate the only difference is hevc has a fraction bigger file …

[image] When can plex av1 encode be expected? Plex Media Server *cough sunglasses Working on it. Probably won’t be in initial the FFMPEG 6.1 upgrade release. There’s other prerequisite work which needs to be completed first. ( catching up with the backlog ) It is o…

Regarding HEVC encoding bitrate. Yes, currently the bitrate calculation is the same. HEVC encoding was just added. We will refine moving forward. It’s my hope that you’ll be able to set bitrates or quality values for each of the encoders (AVC , HEVC, and AV1) This is part of the prerequisite wo…

hi chuck, is there any eta on this yet. just want to know if i should keep using handbrake or if its worth waiting for this

[image] ReaperSPTN2109: is there any eta on this yet Plex never releases timelines for new features, capabilities, etc. Last minute issues can always arise which can delay the rollout. Plex has said they’re getting “close” to a Forum Preview (aka pre-beta) for the updated transcoder based o…

Hevc transcodes identical to avc encodes

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Hevc transcodes identical to avc encodes

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