diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 0530e2af0f..a459ce8b6b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -878,17 +878,23 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 renderNodePath);
         }
 
-        private string GetQsvDeviceArgs(string alias)
+        private string GetQsvDeviceArgs(string renderNodePath, string alias)
         {
             var arg = " -init_hw_device qsv=" + (alias ?? QsvAlias);
             if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
             {
                 // derive qsv from vaapi device
-                return GetVaapiDeviceArgs(null, "iHD", "i915", null, VaapiAlias) + arg + "@" + VaapiAlias;
+                return GetVaapiDeviceArgs(renderNodePath, "iHD", "i915", null, VaapiAlias) + arg + "@" + VaapiAlias;
             }
 
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
+                // on Windows, the deviceIndex is an int
+                if (int.TryParse(renderNodePath, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out int deviceIndex))
+                {
+                    return GetD3d11vaDeviceArgs(deviceIndex, string.Empty, D3d11vaAlias) + arg + "@" + D3d11vaAlias;
+                }
+
                 // derive qsv from d3d11va device
                 return GetD3d11vaDeviceArgs(0, "0x8086", D3d11vaAlias) + arg + "@" + D3d11vaAlias;
             }
@@ -1048,7 +1054,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                     return string.Empty;
                 }
 
-                args.Append(GetQsvDeviceArgs(QsvAlias));
+                args.Append(GetQsvDeviceArgs(options.QsvDevice, QsvAlias));
                 var filterDevArgs = GetFilterHwDeviceArgs(QsvAlias);
                 // child device used by qsv.
                 if (_mediaEncoder.SupportsHwaccel("vaapi") || _mediaEncoder.SupportsHwaccel("d3d11va"))
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
index 9a192f584d..4c5213d4e2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class EncodingOptions
         // This is a DRM device that is almost guaranteed to be there on every intel platform,
         // plus it's the default one in ffmpeg if you don't specify anything
         VaapiDevice = "/dev/dri/renderD128";
+        QsvDevice = string.Empty;
         EnableTonemapping = false;
         EnableVppTonemapping = false;
         EnableVideoToolboxTonemapping = false;
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@ public class EncodingOptions
     /// </summary>
     public string VaapiDevice { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the QSV device.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string QsvDevice { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether tonemapping is enabled.
     /// </summary>