diff --git a/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py b/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
index 4b791019..241fb4f7 100644
--- a/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class PlayUtils():
             return False
 
         # Avoid H265 1080p
-        if result['MediaSources'][0]['Name'].startswith("1080P/H265"):
-            self.logMsg("Skip direct play for 1080P/H265 since format playback is not stable.", 1)
+        if utils.settings('transcodeH265') == "true":
+            self.logMsg("Option to transcode 1080P/H265 enabled.", 1)
             return False
 
         canDirectPlay = result['MediaSources'][0]['SupportsDirectPlay']
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ class PlayUtils():
         # FileSystem or Remote, BitRate, supported encoding
 
         # Avoid H265 1080p
-        if result['MediaSources'][0]['Name'].startswith("1080P/H265"):
-            self.logMsg("Skip direct stream for 1080P/H265 since format playback is not stable.", 1)
+        if utils.settings('transcodeH265') == "true":
+            self.logMsg("Option to transcode 1080P/H265 enabled.", 1)
             return False
 
         canDirectStream = result['MediaSources'][0]['SupportsDirectStream']
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 125b4de7..20babc30 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 		<setting id="resumeJumpBack" type="slider" label="On Resume Jump Back Seconds" default="10" range="0,1,120" option="int" visible="true" enable="true" />
 	    <setting id="playFromStream" type="bool" label="30002" visible="true" enable="true" default="false" />
 	    <setting id="videoBitRate" type="enum" label="30160" values="664 Kbps SD|996 Kbps HD|1.3 Mbps HD|2.0 Mbps HD|3.2 Mbps HD|4.7 Mbps HD|6.2 Mbps HD|7.7 Mbps HD|9.2 Mbps HD|10.7 Mbps HD|12.2 Mbps HD|13.7 Mbps HD|15.2 Mbps HD|16.7 Mbps HD|18.2 Mbps HD|20.0 Mbps HD|40.0 Mbps HD|100.0 Mbps HD [default]|1000.0 Mbps HD" visible="eq(-1,true)" default="17" />
+	    <setting id="transcodeH265" type="bool" label="Force transcode 1080p/H265" default="false" />
 	    <setting id="markPlayed" type="number" visible="false" default="90" />
 	    <setting id="directSteamFailedCount" type="number" visible="false" default="0" />
 	</category>