Best video compressor?

Commercial hardware encoders and decoders are finally hitting the market, and honestly, they're actually performing pretty well.

Right now, HEVC is really only making waves in the digital broadcast space. 😬

Looks like HEVC movies and shows are finally starting to pop up on the torrent sites... guess things are finally picking up steam. 😉

It’s still on shaky ground right now. That doesn't mean HEVC won't eventually overtake H.264 as the standard codec.

I don't see the dilemma here; with something like Camtasia, I can simply set my video to compress and auto-upload overnight while I sleep. Why on earth would anyone waste their precious daylight hours waiting for a progress bar to finish?

rowdybadger18 said:Even high-end quad-core processors struggle with HEVC. It probably isn't ready for widespread use yet.

It’s actually already implemented, and it can leverage the GPU just like H.264 does.
But honestly, given the resolution, the OP probably doesn't need anything more advanced than H.264 anyway. If they're running Windows, they likely already have it via MFT.

Another way to go would be to encode the footage using DV or something similar, then mess around with re-encoding via ffmpeg. Maybe they could find a sweet spot for quality versus file size using the x264 encoder.

rowdybadger18 said:Right now, HEVC seems pretty much limited to digital TV broadcasting. 😬

Actually, I'd say it's mostly relevant for UHD. For standard HD, everyone still just uses H.264.

bluerider622 said:Actually, we're talking about the UHD realm here. Standard HD still relies on H.264.

Not necessarily. Word is, OiV is planning to migrate DVB-T over to DVB-T2 using the HEVC codec sometime soon.

rowdybadger18 said:Not necessarily. Apparently, the folks over at OiV are planning to switch from DVB-T to DVB-T2 using the HEVC codec sometime soon.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised. The people running OiV are pretty eccentric. They aren't even using H.264 or AAC anymore, and they're acting like HEVC is an absolute requirement for DVB-T2.

They'll probably find another way to screw people over by forcing everyone to go out and buy new DVB-T2 tuners. :-)

Then again, from my perspective, it’s actually fine. It just means I'll have to add DVB-T2 support to my current software, which basically translates to more cache usage on my PC. 👍

It’s all coordinated with the government. You don't honestly think the switch to H.264 is some coincidence or, heaven forbid, based on technical necessity? It’s just a scheme to launder as much cash as possible through broadcasting gear and receivers funded by taxpayer coupons.