diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 9399679a4f..7dea5f8ebd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -6610,6 +6610,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 || string.Equals("yuv420p12le", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || string.Equals("yuv422p12le", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || string.Equals("yuv444p12le", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var isAv1SupportedSwFormatsVt = is8_10bitSwFormatsVt || string.Equals("yuv420p12le", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             // The related patches make videotoolbox hardware surface working is only available in jellyfin-ffmpeg 7.0.1 at the moment.
             bool useHwSurface = (_mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion >= _minFFmpegWorkingVtHwSurface) && IsVideoToolboxFullSupported();
@@ -6643,6 +6644,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 {
                     return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "hevc", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
                 }
+
+                if (string.Equals("av1", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && isAv1SupportedSwFormatsVt
+                    && _mediaEncoder.IsVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable)
+                {
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "av1", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
+                }
             }
 
             return null;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
index c767b4a519..a60f523408 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/IMediaEncoder.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         /// <value><c>true</c> if the Vaapi device supports vulkan drm interop, <c>false</c> otherwise.</value>
         bool IsVaapiDeviceSupportVulkanDrmInterop { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether av1 decoding is available via VideoToolbox.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value><c>true</c> if the av1 is available via VideoToolbox, <c>false</c> otherwise.</value>
+        bool IsVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether given encoder codec is supported.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/ApplePlatformHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/ApplePlatformHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea2289bd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/ApplePlatformHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#pragma warning disable CA1031
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Helper class for Apple platform specific operations.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ApplePlatformHelper
+{
+    private static readonly string[] _av1DecodeBlacklistedCpuClass = ["M1", "M2"];
+
+    private static string GetSysctlValue(string name)
+    {
+        IntPtr length = IntPtr.Zero;
+        // Get length of the value
+        int osStatus = SysctlByName(name, IntPtr.Zero, ref length, IntPtr.Zero, 0);
+
+        if (osStatus != 0)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException($"Failed to get sysctl value for {name} with error {osStatus}");
+        }
+
+        IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(length.ToInt32());
+        try
+        {
+            osStatus = SysctlByName(name, buffer, ref length, IntPtr.Zero, 0);
+            if (osStatus != 0)
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"Failed to get sysctl value for {name} with error {osStatus}");
+            }
+
+            return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(buffer) ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int SysctlByName(string name, IntPtr oldp, ref IntPtr oldlenp, IntPtr newp, uint newlen)
+    {
+        return NativeMethods.SysctlByName(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name), oldp, ref oldlenp, newp, newlen);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Check if the current system has hardware acceleration for AV1 decoding.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger used for error logging.</param>
+    /// <returns>Boolean indicates the hwaccel support.</returns>
+    public static bool HasAv1HardwareAccel(ILogger logger)
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture.Equals(Architecture.Arm64))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            string cpuBrandString = GetSysctlValue("machdep.cpu.brand_string");
+            return !_av1DecodeBlacklistedCpuClass.Any(blacklistedCpuClass => cpuBrandString.Contains(blacklistedCpuClass, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        }
+        catch (NotSupportedException e)
+        {
+            logger.LogError("Error getting CPU brand string: {Message}", e.Message);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            logger.LogError("Unknown error occured: {Exception}", e);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static class NativeMethods
+    {
+        [DllImport("libc", EntryPoint = "sysctlbyname", SetLastError = true)]
+        [DefaultDllImportSearchPaths(DllImportSearchPath.SafeDirectories)]
+        internal static extern int SysctlByName(byte[] name, IntPtr oldp, ref IntPtr oldlenp, IntPtr newp, uint newlen);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
index 23d9ca7ef5..776b2ab42c 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
@@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             }
         }
 
+        public bool CheckIsVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable()
+        {
+            return ApplePlatformHelper.HasAv1HardwareAccel(_logger);
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<string> GetHwaccelTypes()
         {
             string? output = null;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index a34238cd68..44b38f03bc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         private bool _isVaapiDeviceSupportVulkanDrmModifier = false;
         private bool _isVaapiDeviceSupportVulkanDrmInterop = false;
 
+        private bool _isVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable = false;
+
         private static string[] _vulkanImageDrmFmtModifierExts =
         {
             "VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier",
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public bool IsVaapiDeviceSupportVulkanDrmInterop => _isVaapiDeviceSupportVulkanDrmInterop;
 
+        public bool IsVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable => _isVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable;
+
         [GeneratedRegex(@"[^\/\\]+?(\.[^\/\\\n.]+)?$")]
         private static partial Regex FfprobePathRegex();
 
@@ -255,6 +259,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                         _logger.LogInformation("VAAPI device {RenderNodePath} supports Vulkan DRM interop", options.VaapiDevice);
                     }
                 }
+
+                // Check if VideoToolbox supports AV1 decode
+                if (OperatingSystem.IsMacOS() && SupportsHwaccel("videotoolbox"))
+                {
+                    _isVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable = validator.CheckIsVideoToolboxAv1DecodeAvailable();
+                }
             }
 
             _logger.LogInformation("FFmpeg: {FfmpegPath}", _ffmpegPath ?? string.Empty);