diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index ab73aabe4..5203e3ba2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -286,28 +286,41 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
         protected string GetH264Encoder(StreamState state)
         {
+            var defaultEncoder = "libx264";
+
             // Only use alternative encoders for video files.
             // When using concat with folder rips, if the mfx session fails to initialize, ffmpeg will be stuck retrying and will not exit gracefully
             // Since transcoding of folder rips is expiremental anyway, it's not worth adding additional variables such as this.
             if (state.VideoType == VideoType.VideoFile)
             {
-                if (string.Equals(ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions().HardwareAccelerationType, "qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
-                    string.Equals(ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions().HardwareAccelerationType, "h264_qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                var hwType = ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions().HardwareAccelerationType;
+
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                    string.Equals(hwType, "h264_qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return "h264_qsv";
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder("h264_qsv", defaultEncoder);
                 }
 
-                if (string.Equals(ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions().HardwareAccelerationType, "nvenc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "nvenc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return "h264_nvenc";
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder("h264_nvenc", defaultEncoder);
                 }
-                if (string.Equals(ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions().HardwareAccelerationType, "h264_omx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "h264_omx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return "h264_omx";
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder("h264_omx", defaultEncoder);
                 }
             }
 
-            return "libx264";
+            return defaultEncoder;
+        }
+
+        private string GetAvailableEncoder(string preferredEncoder, string defaultEncoder)
+        {
+            if (MediaEncoder.SupportsEncoder(preferredEncoder))
+            {
+                return preferredEncoder;
+            }
+            return defaultEncoder;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
index d97169fa5..d7d94c69b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                     {
                         return 10;
                     }
-                    if (userAgent.IndexOf("cfnetwork", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
+                    if (userAgent.IndexOf("cfnetwork", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1 ||
+                        userAgent.IndexOf("ipad", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1 ||
+                        userAgent.IndexOf("iphone", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1 ||
+                        userAgent.IndexOf("ipod", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
                     {
                         return 10;
                     }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
index 05e82a16e..1fef8bead 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         Task Init();
 
         Task UpdateEncoderPath(string path, string pathType);
+        bool SupportsEncoder(string encoder);
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
index 50df08e66..5d3db612f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 "srt",
                 "h264_nvenc",
                 "h264_qsv",
+                "h264_omx",
                 "ac3"
             };
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
index 7c4b7fc2f..ba7b14950 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
@@ -522,10 +522,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the name of the output video codec
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="state">The state.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
         /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        internal static string GetVideoEncoder(EncodingJob state, EncodingOptions options)
+        internal static string GetVideoEncoder(IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, EncodingJob state, EncodingOptions options)
         {
             var codec = state.OutputVideoCodec;
 
@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             {
                 if (string.Equals(codec, "h264", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return GetH264Encoder(state, options);
+                    return GetH264Encoder(mediaEncoder, state, options);
                 }
                 if (string.Equals(codec, "vpx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
@@ -554,24 +552,43 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             return "copy";
         }
 
-        internal static string GetH264Encoder(EncodingJob state, EncodingOptions options)
+        private static string GetAvailableEncoder(IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, string preferredEncoder, string defaultEncoder)
         {
-            if (string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
-                string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "h264_qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (mediaEncoder.SupportsEncoder(preferredEncoder))
             {
-                return "h264_qsv";
+                return preferredEncoder;
+            }
+            return defaultEncoder;
+        }
+
+        internal static string GetH264Encoder(IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, EncodingJob state, EncodingOptions options)
+        {
+            var defaultEncoder = "libx264";
+
+            // Only use alternative encoders for video files.
+            // When using concat with folder rips, if the mfx session fails to initialize, ffmpeg will be stuck retrying and will not exit gracefully
+            // Since transcoding of folder rips is expiremental anyway, it's not worth adding additional variables such as this.
+            if (state.VideoType == VideoType.VideoFile)
+            {
+                var hwType = options.HardwareAccelerationType;
+
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                    string.Equals(hwType, "h264_qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder(mediaEncoder, "h264_qsv", defaultEncoder);
+                }
+
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "nvenc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder(mediaEncoder, "h264_nvenc", defaultEncoder);
+                }
+                if (string.Equals(hwType, "h264_omx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    return GetAvailableEncoder(mediaEncoder, "h264_omx", defaultEncoder);
+                }
             }
 
-            if (string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "nvenc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                return "h264_nvenc";
-            }
-            if (string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "h264_omx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                return "h264_omx";
-            }
-
-            return "libx264";
+            return defaultEncoder;
         }
 
         internal static bool CanStreamCopyVideo(EncodingJobOptions request, MediaStream videoStream)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index 25b80ee92..08ab99f9b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             //_logger.Info("Supported decoders: {0}", string.Join(",", list.ToArray()));
         }
 
-        public bool SupportsEncoder(string decoder)
+        public bool SupportsEncoder(string encoder)
         {
-            return _encoders.Contains(decoder, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            return _encoders.Contains(encoder, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         }
 
         public bool SupportsDecoder(string decoder)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/VideoEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/VideoEncoder.cs
index 82a966821..d65e05783 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/VideoEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/VideoEncoder.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         protected override async Task<string> GetCommandLineArguments(EncodingJob state)
         {
             // Get the output codec name
-            var videoCodec = EncodingJobFactory.GetVideoEncoder(state, GetEncodingOptions());
+            var videoCodec = EncodingJobFactory.GetVideoEncoder(MediaEncoder, state, GetEncodingOptions());
 
             var format = string.Empty;
             var keyFrame = string.Empty;