If you run , Emby , or Jellyfin :

: Requires modern hardware or software (like VLC Media Player or MPC-HC) to play smoothly. 💡 Search Tips

CRF is a quality‑based mode; the encoder decides bitrate per frame to hit the target quality. Lower CRF = higher quality (larger file). For most home‑theater users, 20‑24 is a sweet spot.

: H.265 (HEVC), which offers better compression than the older H.264 standard.

If a device cannot decode H.265 natively, the server will transcode on the fly (requires a capable CPU/GPU).