diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index b175dc4034..98351377e6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> _mjpegCodecMap = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
         {
             { "vaapi", _defaultMjpegEncoder + "_vaapi" },
-            { "qsv", _defaultMjpegEncoder + "_qsv" }
+            { "qsv", _defaultMjpegEncoder + "_qsv" },
+            { "videotoolbox", _defaultMjpegEncoder + "_videotoolbox" }
         };
 
         public static readonly string[] LosslessAudioCodecs = new string[]
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
index 06e2d37830..a865b0e4cb 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             "h264_v4l2m2m",
             "h264_videotoolbox",
             "hevc_videotoolbox",
+            "mjpeg_videotoolbox",
             "h264_rkmpp",
             "hevc_rkmpp"
         };
@@ -500,6 +501,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             return output.Contains(keyDesc, StringComparison.Ordinal);
         }
 
+        public bool CheckSupportedHwaccelFlag(string flag)
+        {
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(flag) && GetProcessExitCode(_encoderPath, $"-loglevel quiet -hwaccel_flags +{flag} -hide_banner -f lavfi -i nullsrc=s=1x1:d=100 -f null -");
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<string> GetCodecs(Codec codec)
         {
             string codecstr = codec == Codec.Encoder ? "encoders" : "decoders";
@@ -605,6 +611,31 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             }
         }
 
+        private bool GetProcessExitCode(string path, string arguments)
+        {
+            using var process = new Process();
+            process.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(path, arguments)
+            {
+                CreateNoWindow = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false,
+                WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
+                ErrorDialog = false
+            };
+            _logger.LogDebug("Running {Path} {Arguments}", path, arguments);
+
+            try
+            {
+                process.Start();
+                process.WaitForExit();
+                return process.ExitCode == 0;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError("Running {Path} {Arguments} failed with exception {Exception}", path, arguments, ex.Message);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         [GeneratedRegex("^\\s\\S{6}\\s(?<codec>[\\w|-]+)\\s+.+$", RegexOptions.Multiline)]
         private static partial Regex CodecRegex();
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index de1b654822..e7e48d6d89 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         private IDictionary<int, bool> _filtersWithOption = new Dictionary<int, bool>();
 
         private bool _isPkeyPauseSupported = false;
+        private bool _isLowPriorityHwDecodeSupported = false;
 
         private bool _isVaapiDeviceAmd = false;
         private bool _isVaapiDeviceInteliHD = false;
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 _threads = EncodingHelper.GetNumberOfThreads(null, options, null);
 
                 _isPkeyPauseSupported = validator.CheckSupportedRuntimeKey("p      pause transcoding");
+                _isLowPriorityHwDecodeSupported = validator.CheckSupportedHwaccelFlag("low_priority");
 
                 // Check the Vaapi device vendor
                 if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux()
@@ -884,6 +886,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 inputArg = "-threads " + threads + " " + inputArg; // HW accel args set a different input thread count, only set if disabled
             }
 
+            if (options.HardwareAccelerationType.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && _isLowPriorityHwDecodeSupported)
+            {
+                // VideoToolbox supports low priority decoding, which is useful for trickplay
+                inputArg = "-hwaccel_flags +low_priority " + inputArg;
+            }
+
             if (enableKeyFrameOnlyExtraction)
             {
                 inputArg = "-skip_frame nokey " + inputArg;
@@ -921,6 +929,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 encoderQuality = (100 - ((qualityScale - 1) * (100 / 30))) / 118;
             }
 
+            if (vidEncoder.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                // videotoolbox's mjpeg encoder uses jpeg quality scaled to QP2LAMBDA (118) instead of ffmpeg defined qscale
+                // ffmpeg qscale is a value from 1-31, with 1 being best quality and 31 being worst
+                // jpeg quality is a value from 0-100, with 0 being worst quality and 100 being best
+                encoderQuality = 118 - ((qualityScale - 1) * (118 / 30));
+            }
+
             // Output arguments
             var targetDirectory = Path.Combine(_configurationManager.ApplicationPaths.TempDirectory, Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
             Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDirectory);
@@ -929,12 +945,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             // Final command arguments
             var args = string.Format(
                 CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                "-loglevel error {0} -an -sn {1} -threads {2} -c:v {3} {4}-f {5} \"{6}\"",
+                "-loglevel error {0} -an -sn {1} -threads {2} -c:v {3} {4}{5}-f {6} \"{7}\"",
                 inputArg,
                 filterParam,
                 outputThreads.GetValueOrDefault(_threads),
                 vidEncoder,
                 qualityScale.HasValue ? "-qscale:v " + encoderQuality.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + " " : string.Empty,
+                vidEncoder.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) ? "-allow_sw 1 " : string.Empty, // allow_sw fallback for some intel macs
                 "image2",
                 outputPath);