Server Version#: 1.24.1.4931 Hi, I just found out, when transcoding a video that was encoded in an uncommon h.264 profile (like “constrained baseline” in my case), hardware decoding is not used even though the hardware is more than capable of decoding such video. Plex is not even trying to use the…

Consider this one as solved, as the latest beta (1.25.0.5220) has support for hardware transcoding of H.264 Constrained Baseline media. Thanks! [image] Plex Media Server Announcements Plex Media Server 1.25.0.5220 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update cha…

Support H.264 constrained baseline for hw-decoding when transcoding

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Mitzsch November 16, 2021, 8:15am 5

Consider this one as solved, as the latest beta (1.25.0.5220) has support for hardware transcoding of H.264 Constrained Baseline media. Thanks!

(Transcoder) Support for hardware transcoding of H.264 Constrained Baseline media

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Support H.264 constrained baseline for hw-decoding when transcoding

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