diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 9b5edabc06..14547d4406 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (string.Equals(codec, "aac", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
+                // Use Apple's aac encoder if available as it provides best audio quality
+                if (_mediaEncoder.SupportsEncoder("aac_at"))
+                {
+                    return "aac_at";
+                }
+
                 // Use libfdk_aac for better audio quality if using custom build of FFmpeg which has fdk_aac support
                 if (_mediaEncoder.SupportsEncoder("libfdk_aac"))
                 {
@@ -2814,6 +2820,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             {
                 return "deinterlace_qsv=mode=2";
             }
+            else if (hwDeintSuffix.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return string.Format(
+                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                    "yadif_videotoolbox={0}:-1:0",
+                    doubleRateDeint ? "1" : "0");
+            }
 
             return string.Empty;
         }
@@ -4450,6 +4463,75 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             return (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the parameter of Apple VideoToolBox filter chain.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="state">Encoding state.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">Encoding options.</param>
+        /// <param name="vidEncoder">Video encoder to use.</param>
+        /// <returns>The tuple contains three lists: main, sub and overlay filters.</returns>
+        public (List<string> MainFilters, List<string> SubFilters, List<string> OverlayFilters) GetAppleVidFilterChain(
+            EncodingJobInfo state,
+            EncodingOptions options,
+            string vidEncoder)
+        {
+            if (!string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return (null, null, null);
+            }
+
+            var swFilterChain = GetSwVidFilterChain(state, options, vidEncoder);
+
+            if (!options.EnableHardwareEncoding)
+            {
+                return swFilterChain;
+            }
+
+            if (_mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion.CompareTo(new Version("5.0.0")) < 0)
+            {
+                // All features used here requires ffmpeg 5.0 or later, fallback to software filters if using an old ffmpeg
+                return swFilterChain;
+            }
+
+            var doDeintH264 = state.DeInterlace("h264", true) || state.DeInterlace("avc", true);
+            var doDeintHevc = state.DeInterlace("h265", true) || state.DeInterlace("hevc", true);
+            var doDeintH2645 = doDeintH264 || doDeintHevc;
+            var inW = state.VideoStream?.Width;
+            var inH = state.VideoStream?.Height;
+            var reqW = state.BaseRequest.Width;
+            var reqH = state.BaseRequest.Height;
+            var reqMaxW = state.BaseRequest.MaxWidth;
+            var reqMaxH = state.BaseRequest.MaxHeight;
+            var threeDFormat = state.MediaSource.Video3DFormat;
+            var newfilters = new List<string>();
+            var noOverlay = swFilterChain.OverlayFilters.Count == 0;
+            var supportsHwDeint = _mediaEncoder.SupportsFilter("yadif_videotoolbox");
+            // fallback to software filters if we are using filters not supported by hardware yet.
+            var useHardwareFilters = noOverlay && (!doDeintH2645 || supportsHwDeint);
+
+            if (!useHardwareFilters)
+            {
+                return swFilterChain;
+            }
+
+            // ffmpeg cannot use videotoolbox to scale
+            var swScaleFilter = GetSwScaleFilter(state, options, vidEncoder, inW, inH, threeDFormat, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH);
+            newfilters.Add(swScaleFilter);
+
+            // hwupload on videotoolbox encoders can automatically convert AVFrame into its CVPixelBuffer equivalent
+            // videotoolbox will automatically convert the CVPixelBuffer to a pixel format the encoder supports, so we don't have to set a pixel format explicitly here
+            // This will reduce CPU usage significantly on UHD videos with 10 bit colors because we bypassed the ffmpeg pixel format conversion
+            newfilters.Add("hwupload");
+
+            if (doDeintH2645)
+            {
+                var deintFilter = GetHwDeinterlaceFilter(state, options, "videotoolbox");
+                newfilters.Add(deintFilter);
+            }
+
+            return (newfilters, swFilterChain.SubFilters, swFilterChain.OverlayFilters);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the parameter of video processing filters.
         /// </summary>
@@ -4492,6 +4574,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             {
                 (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters) = GetAmdVidFilterChain(state, options, outputVideoCodec);
             }
+            else if (string.Equals(options.HardwareAccelerationType, "videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters) = GetAppleVidFilterChain(state, options, outputVideoCodec);
+            }
             else
             {
                 (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters) = GetSwVidFilterChain(state, options, outputVideoCodec);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
index 8479b7d50d..9e6134b524 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             "libvpx",
             "libvpx-vp9",
             "aac",
+            "aac_at",
             "libfdk_aac",
             "ac3",
             "libmp3lame",
@@ -106,7 +107,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             // vulkan
             "libplacebo",
             "scale_vulkan",
-            "overlay_vulkan"
+            "overlay_vulkan",
+            "hwupload_vaapi",
+            // videotoolbox
+            "yadif_videotoolbox"
         };
 
         private static readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<int, string[]> _filterOptionsDict = new Dictionary<int, string[]>