diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/StorageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/StorageManagerService.java
index ce9c067..2daf04d 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/StorageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/StorageManagerService.java
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 import android.content.pm.UserInfo;
 import android.content.res.ObbInfo;
 import android.database.ContentObserver;
+import android.media.MediaCodecList;
+import android.media.MediaCodecInfo;
+import android.media.MediaFormat;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.BatteryManager;
 import android.os.Binder;
@@ -1006,10 +1009,27 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean isHevcDecoderSupported() {
+        MediaCodecList codecList = new MediaCodecList(MediaCodecList.REGULAR_CODECS);
+        MediaCodecInfo[] codecInfos = codecList.getCodecInfos();
+        for (MediaCodecInfo codecInfo : codecInfos) {
+            if (codecInfo.isEncoder()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            String[] supportedTypes = codecInfo.getSupportedTypes();
+            for (String type : supportedTypes) {
+                if (type.equalsIgnoreCase(MediaFormat.MIMETYPE_VIDEO_HEVC)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private void configureTranscoding() {
         // See MediaProvider TranscodeHelper#getBooleanProperty for more information
         boolean transcodeEnabled = false;
-        boolean defaultValue = true;
+        boolean defaultValue = isHevcDecoderSupported() ? true : false;
 
         if (SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.sys.fuse.transcode_user_control", false)) {
             transcodeEnabled = SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.sys.fuse.transcode_enabled",