YouTube has begun rolling out the av1 coding standard on its videos. At least one video downloader passes this through to the final file, making it incompatible with Plex until converted to a compatible format (can be done with VLC). Adding this open, royalty-free video coding format, would retai…

+1 for AV1 But let’s be honest, at the pace that plex moves there will be a better codec for when they add this one.

Well, I’ve moved on to running emby on my server for now. Setup was slightly more complicated then plex but at least AV1 works. I won’t be back until plex supports AV1. So long and thanks for all the fish!

Sad to see there’s still no basic support for what is quickly becoming a core codec. Not a fan of converting things all the time just because I refuse to move away from the otherwise fantastic Plex offerings ;_;

+1 for AV1 support. Many Thanks to the Plex Team.

+1 for AV1 - this could save a lot of users money when it comes to storage options.

+1 from me as well. This would be a huge benefit to all involved.

I’m honestly surpised they haven’t been forced to add codec support for AV1 or HVEC by the content partners they added to Plex. They very very very clearly do not add support or features for paid/paying customers, so the corporate deals are our only hope. Literally just waiting for Emby or Jellyfin…

[Implemented] Add support for av1 coding standard

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pshanew October 3, 2022, 8:40pm 302

AV1 decode isn’t a thing yet in Plex Media Server, but potential future support was mentioned the announcement of this forum preview release. So there is hope for those of you desperate for this feature.

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[Implemented] Add support for av1 coding standard

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