# Plex not using Intel Quick Sync for 4K HEVC content

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-using-intel-quick-sync-for-4k-hevc-content/695946
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-using-intel-quick-sync-for-4k-hevc-content/695946 "2021-03-01T14:37:00Z")
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### Author: ![redawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@redawg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/redawg)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-using-intel-quick-sync-for-4k-hevc-content/695946/44 "2021-08-23T02:31:41Z")

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This was perfect, fixed my HW transcoding issue with regular HVEC files. I was weird it would HW transcode DV , MP4 but not regular HVEC/HDR. Once I followed the below instructions everything is HW transcoding. … Next problem up. the dam green and red color for the DV transcoding…

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