diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 2c3d44bf83f..bfeabebde8f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public partial class EncodingHelper
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegSvtAv1Params = new Version(5, 1);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegVaapiH26xEncA53CcSei = new Version(6, 0);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegReadrateOption = new Version(5, 0);
+        private readonly Version _minFFmpegWorkingVtHwSurface = new Version(7, 0, 1);
 
         private static readonly Regex _validationRegex = new(ValidationRegex, RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
@@ -5166,12 +5167,14 @@ public string GetLibplaceboFilter(
             var threeDFormat = state.MediaSource.Video3DFormat;
 
             var isVtEncoder = vidEncoder.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var isVtDecoder = vidDecoder.Contains("videotoolbox", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             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 doVtTonemap = IsVideoToolboxTonemapAvailable(state, options);
             var doMetalTonemap = !doVtTonemap && IsHwTonemapAvailable(state, options);
+            var usingHwSurface = isVtDecoder && (_mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion >= _minFFmpegWorkingVtHwSurface);
 
             var scaleFormat = string.Empty;
             // Use P010 for Metal tone mapping, otherwise force an 8bit output.
@@ -5259,23 +5262,25 @@ public string GetLibplaceboFilter(
                     subFilters.Add(subTextSubtitlesFilter);
                 }
 
-                subFilters.Add("hwupload=derive_device=videotoolbox");
+                subFilters.Add("hwupload");
                 overlayFilters.Add("overlay_videotoolbox=eof_action=pass:repeatlast=0");
             }
 
+            if (usingHwSurface)
+            {
+                return (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters);
+            }
+
+            // For old jellyfin-ffmpeg that has broken hwsurface, add a hwupload
             var needFiltering = mainFilters.Any(f => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(f)) ||
                                 subFilters.Any(f => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(f)) ||
                                 overlayFilters.Any(f => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(f));
-
-            // This is a workaround for ffmpeg's hwupload implementation
-            // For VideoToolbox encoders, a hwupload without a valid filter actually consuming its frame
-            // will cause the encoder to produce incorrect frames.
             if (needFiltering)
             {
                 // INPUT videotoolbox/memory surface(vram/uma)
                 // this will pass-through automatically if in/out format matches.
                 mainFilters.Insert(0, "format=nv12|p010le|videotoolbox_vld");
-                mainFilters.Insert(0, "hwupload=derive_device=videotoolbox");
+                mainFilters.Insert(0, "hwupload");
             }
 
             return (mainFilters, subFilters, overlayFilters);
@@ -6283,22 +6288,20 @@ public string GetVideotoolboxVidDecoder(EncodingJobInfo state, EncodingOptions o
                                     || string.Equals("yuvj420p", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             var is8_10bitSwFormatsVt = is8bitSwFormatsVt || string.Equals("yuv420p10le", videoStream.PixelFormat, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-            // VideoToolbox's Hardware surface in ffmpeg is not only slower than hwupload, but also breaks HDR in many cases.
-            // For example: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10884
-            // Disable it for now.
-            const bool UseHwSurface = false;
+            // 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();
 
             if (is8bitSwFormatsVt)
             {
                 if (string.Equals("avc", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                     || string.Equals("h264", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "h264", bitDepth, UseHwSurface);
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "h264", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
                 }
 
                 if (string.Equals("vp8", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "vp8", bitDepth, UseHwSurface);
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "vp8", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -6307,12 +6310,12 @@ public string GetVideotoolboxVidDecoder(EncodingJobInfo state, EncodingOptions o
                 if (string.Equals("hevc", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                     || string.Equals("h265", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "hevc", bitDepth, UseHwSurface);
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "hevc", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
                 }
 
                 if (string.Equals("vp9", videoStream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "vp9", bitDepth, UseHwSurface);
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "vp9", bitDepth, useHwSurface);
                 }
             }