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H.265 was held back by the insane licensing costs, hence why everyone uses H.264. Sad cost the file sizes of H.265 are legit as. I wonder why ffmepg can encod
by langsoul-com 4y ago
H.265 was held back by the insane licensing costs, hence why everyone uses H.264.
Sad cost the file sizes of H.265 are legit as.
I wonder why ffmepg can encode as H.265 if there's licensing fees?
- vetinari 4y agoffmpeg project doesn't ship binary; patents do not apply for study and research. Now shipping ffmpeg binary in some jurisdiction would need licensing. If you compile and use it yourself, the licensing in these jurisdictions is on you. Another factor for AVC against HEVC is, that at some resolution and bitrates, AVC still provides better results.
- TimeBearingDown 4y agoParticularly when going for transparency to source material and when using the bloody fantastic piece of kit that is x264, agreed