diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index 54dda540..4e504d26 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -881,3 +881,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgctxt "#33178"
 msgid "Processing updates"
 msgstr ""
+
+msgctxt "#33179"
+msgid "Force transcode"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/lib/objects/actions.py b/resources/lib/objects/actions.py
index e7f24c3d..ab22a320 100644
--- a/resources/lib/objects/actions.py
+++ b/resources/lib/objects/actions.py
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ class Actions(object):
         listitem = xbmcgui.ListItem()
         LOG.info("[ play/%s ] %s", item['Id'], item['Name'])
 
-        playlist = self.get_playlist(item)
+        transcode = transcode or settings('playFromTranscode.bool')
+        kodi_playlist = self.get_playlist(item)
         play = playutils.PlayUtils(item, transcode, self.server_id, self.server)
         source = play.select_source(play.get_sources())
         play.set_external_subs(source, listitem)
 
         self.set_playlist(item, listitem, db_id, transcode)
-        index = max(playlist.getposition(), 0) + 1 # Can return -1
+        index = max(kodi_playlist.getposition(), 0) + 1 # Can return -1
         force_play = False
 
         self.stack[0][1].setPath(self.stack[0][0])
@@ -75,12 +76,12 @@ class Actions(object):
 
         for stack in self.stack:
 
-            playlist.add(url=stack[0], listitem=stack[1], index=index)
+            kodi_playlist.add(url=stack[0], listitem=stack[1], index=index)
             index += 1
 
         if force_play:
             if len(sys.argv) > 1: xbmcplugin.setResolvedUrl(int(sys.argv[1]), False, self.stack[0][1])
-            xbmc.Player().play(playlist, windowed=False)
+            xbmc.Player().play(kodi_playlist, windowed=False)
 
     def set_playlist(self, item, listitem, db_id=None, transcode=False):
 
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 526e1d53..c3f43eae 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
 		<setting label="30518" id="enableCinema" type="bool" default="true" />
 		<setting label="30519" id="askCinema" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-1,true)" subsetting="true" />
 		<setting label="30002" id="playFromStream" type="bool" default="true" />
-	    <setting label="30522" id="transcode_h265" type="bool" default="false" />
-	    <setting label="30537" id="transcodeHi10P" type="bool" default="false"/>
+		<setting label="33179" id="playFromTranscode" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-1,true)" subsetting="true" />
+	    <setting label="30522" id="transcode_h265" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-1,false)" />
+	    <setting label="30537" id="transcodeHi10P" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-2,false)" />
 	    <setting label="33114" id="enableExternalSubs" type="bool" default="true" />
 	    <setting label="33159" id="skipDialogTranscode" type="enum" lvalues="305|33157|33158|13106" visible="true" default="3" />
 	    <setting label="33115" type="lsep" />