Feature Request: HEVC (H.265) Transcoding

[franta.hanak 1]

I’d love to see an option to transcode video to HEVC (H.265) instead of only H.264.

Modern web browsers can already play HEVC streams without any issues, but the mobile app always transcodes to H.264 when transcoding is required. HEVC would provide much better quality at the same bitrate or significantly reduce bandwidth usage, which is especially useful when streaming over mobile data.

I’d also like to mention that playing HDR Dolby Vision content via Direct Play causes the device to become very hot. I tested this on an iPhone 17 Pro. Transcoding to HEVC could reduce the device’s workload while keeping bandwidth usage low.

Please consider adding an option to choose the preferred transcoding codec (H.264 or HEVC). I think many users would appreciate this feature.

Thank you!

[Luke 42836]

Hi, in server transcoding settings you can enable this. It is currently limited to the web app and android.

[franta.hanak 1]

I’m aware of the server transcoding setting, but I would really appreciate having this option available in the mobile app as well. When using the browser/PWA, I lose features such as proper audio support and picture-in-picture, which makes it less practical as a daily solution.

Thanks for the clarification and for considering it.