diff --git a/jellyfin_kodi/helper/playutils.py b/jellyfin_kodi/helper/playutils.py
index 1c8a3c2d..80a67344 100644
--- a/jellyfin_kodi/helper/playutils.py
+++ b/jellyfin_kodi/helper/playutils.py
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ class PlayUtils(object):
         elif not settings("transcode_h265.bool"):
             codecs.insert(1, "hevc")
 
+        if settings("videoPreferredCodec") == "AV1":
+            codecs.insert(0, "av1")
+        elif not settings("transcode_av1.bool"):
+            codecs.append("av1")
+
         if settings("transcode_mpeg2.bool"):
             codecs.remove("mpeg2video")
 
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 703aee80..a3146660 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<setting label="30524" id="transcode_vc1" type="bool" default="false" visible="true" />
 		<setting label="30525" id="transcode_vp9" type="bool" default="false" visible="true" />
 		<setting label="30526" id="transcode_av1" type="bool" default="false" visible="true" />
-		<setting label="30161" id="videoPreferredCodec" type="select" values="H264/AVC|H265/HEVC" visible="eq(-2,false)" default="H264/AVC" />
+		<setting label="30161" id="videoPreferredCodec" type="select" values="H264/AVC|H265/HEVC|AV1" visible="eq(-2,false)" default="H264/AVC" />
 		<setting label="30162" id="audioPreferredCodec" type="select" values="AAC|AC3|MP3|Opus|FLAC|Vorbis" visible="true" default="AAC" />
 		<setting label="30163" id="audioBitrate" type="enum" values="96|128|160|192|256|320|384" visible="true" default="4" />
 		<setting label="30164" id="audioMaxChannels" type="slider" range="2,1,6" option="int" visible="true" default="6" />