@hackztor@gmail.com said:
Another problem with h265 is the encoding time of the movie. I use medium and great quality and it took I think 12+ hours per movie. (45GB rip 1:1). Size ended up being 15GB (h2565) versus 20GB (h264). I have been following x265 project and started testing back in version 1.4 they are now on 1.9. I would say it still has some ways to go. I would say h265 will become more mainstream in about 1-2 years. It takes time for devices to get the chips that can direct play h265 and then for people to actually get the newer devices. Roku 4 and Nvidia Shield TV can direct play. In addition, newer video cards support h265 encoding if you use hardware acceleration (I just use cpu as it gives better quality). If anything tv shows would benefit now since they are smaller and the cpu would not have to run as much that a movie.
Somewhat disagree. It’s a problem when you want to share with family and friends who cheap out on their players (or choose Apple devices), but high end Android phones have supported hevc playback for about 3 years (snapdragon 801), Roku 4 and shieldtv are on the market, the MiBox Android device will support it, not to mention most htpc setups can playback the file’s, unless you’re using an older system with integrated graphics.
I’d say most serious users have the option to playback the files. Wether they decide to invest money in the right clients is another question entirely.
Yes, but until the day they stop selling the old/cheaper hardware a lot of people still purchase those. Roku 2s, Roku 3s (I still prefer the roku3), roku sticks, amazon fire tv, chromecast (very popular for cheap), Apple TV (Even the 4…). Last I saw Apple TV had 40% of the market… I specifically did not mention phones because people have no problem updating those every year or two, but a lot are more resistant when it comes to updating media players that “still work fine” (Power of marketing of phones). I still see people compare phones but almost no one compares media players. Also, some people break the phones, how often do you see people breaking a media player?
@KarlDag said:
@hackztor@gmail.com said:
Another problem with h265 is the encoding time of the movie. I use medium and great quality and it took I think 12+ hours per movie. (45GB rip 1:1). Size ended up being 15GB (h2565) versus 20GB (h264). I have been following x265 project and started testing back in version 1.4 they are now on 1.9. I would say it still has some ways to go. I would say h265 will become more mainstream in about 1-2 years. It takes time for devices to get the chips that can direct play h265 and then for people to actually get the newer devices. Roku 4 and Nvidia Shield TV can direct play. In addition, newer video cards support h265 encoding if you use hardware acceleration (I just use cpu as it gives better quality). If anything tv shows would benefit now since they are smaller and the cpu would not have to run as much that a movie.
Somewhat disagree. It’s a problem when you want to share with family and friends who cheap out on their players (or choose Apple devices), but high end Android phones have supported hevc playback for about 3 years (snapdragon 801), Roku 4 and shieldtv are on the market, the MiBox Android device will support it, not to mention most htpc setups can playback the file’s, unless you’re using an older system with integrated graphics.
I’d say most serious users have the option to playback the files. Wether they decide to invest money in the right clients is another question entirely.
