diff --git a/plexpy/common.py b/plexpy/common.py
index bb48c1d6..4225d7df 100644
--- a/plexpy/common.py
+++ b/plexpy/common.py
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ HW_ENCODERS = [
     'videotoolbox',
     'mediacodecndk',
     'vaapi',
-    'nvenc'
+    'nvenc',
+    'x264'
 ]
 
 EXTRA_TYPES = {