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are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure it should. maybe you'll find it as _x_265, as that's the name of the encoder it uses
I can't find it and a quick google told me that neither do others
OBS allows you to use everything FFmpeg supports with the "Custom Output (FFmpeg)" recording type.
I was and am searching there I just can't find it in the dropdown. I might be blind, but I checked multiple times.
Settings -> Output:
I've gotten that far, but no farther
turns out OBS does not have a software encoder for it, only encoding with a hardware encoder is supported. it is mentioned in the 2nd table of the video formats heading herev https://obsproject.com/kb/audio-video-formats-guide