So when did HEVC to HEVC transcoding become a thing?

[Xhaka]

Following on from recent findings here.

[INFO] Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k

no plex has never enabled transcoding TO x265. when you look at the dashboard, the first line is the from, and the 2nd is the to. [image] Now, you might see plex REMUX or DIRECT STREAM x265/hevc, which is not transcode, it means switching containers, like from mkv to mp4, or whatever the client needs. direct stream is much less work than transcoding, however it still requires a lot of processing and IO, and some servers simply are not capable of it. more likely what is also happening is the…

Since when were we able to transcdode from HEVC to HEVC…and was it ever announced in any release notes?