HEVC (x265) Support for Emby Theater on Windows 11

[KevinChahine 4]

When streaming a video encoded in x265, the video plays fine on my android device. The video is not transcoded by the emby server and playback is good. But on Windows 11, when streaming the same video, the server transcodes the video from x265 to x264. This causes playback to stutter as the server cannot transcode the video fast enough. Ideally, the video should stream directly without transcoding. Does Emby Theater support x265 playback on Windows 11? If not, will it in the future?

[Luke 37066]

Hi, do you have the hevc extension installed from the Microsoft store?

[KevinChahine 4]

I just got it! Thank you for the quick reply! It works so well!