@@ -1134,12 +1134,16 @@
    },
    {
      // Common options
      // Note: max_ref_frames is intentionally omitted for H.264 because
      // VideoToolbox on Apple Silicon produces all-IDR output when
      // ReferenceBufferCount=1 is set for H.264, causing massive bandwidth
      // inflation (~3x) and frame drops. HEVC and AV1 are unaffected and
      // retain max_ref_frames=1. See LizardByte/Sunshine#5013.
      {
        {"allow_sw"s, &config::video.vt.vt_allow_sw},
        {"require_sw"s, &config::video.vt.vt_require_sw},
        {"realtime"s, &config::video.vt.vt_realtime},
        {"prio_speed"s, 1},
        {"max_ref_frames"s, 1},
      },
      {},  // SDR-specific options
      {},  // HDR-specific options
@@ -1151,6 +1155,6 @@
      },
      "h264_videotoolbox"s,
    },
    DEFAULT
    PARALLEL_ENCODING
  };
#endif