egproductions
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Is H.265 ready/available to download anywhere? I'm looking for a very efficient codec that can do resolutions up to 6K. Thanks!
H.265?
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You're probably jumping the gun by a year or two.
The first approved version of the HEVC/H.265 standard was completed and published in early 2013. Several extensions to the technology remain under active development, including range extensions (supporting enhanced video formats), scaleable coding extensions, and even 3D video extensions.
You may also be able to buy an early release version or the encoder from someone like MainConcept or Sorenson. You might even be able to locate some vaguely compliant encoders that work with ffmpg. A German company Stuttgarter Struktur AG has announced a free and open source implementation of the decoder part of the H.265 codec.
Be aware that there won't be many folks who will be able to play it.
Jim
The first approved version of the HEVC/H.265 standard was completed and published in early 2013. Several extensions to the technology remain under active development, including range extensions (supporting enhanced video formats), scaleable coding extensions, and even 3D video extensions.
You may also be able to buy an early release version or the encoder from someone like MainConcept or Sorenson. You might even be able to locate some vaguely compliant encoders that work with ffmpg. A German company Stuttgarter Struktur AG has announced a free and open source implementation of the decoder part of the H.265 codec.
Be aware that there won't be many folks who will be able to play it.
Jim
And that it will have increased computational playback requirements, so an average computer may have significant problems playing HD footage encoded with the H.265 CODEC.
egproductions
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thank you for the responses. I don't need it to be well supported by the general public. I would simply need an encoder and decoder. The goal is it distribute the video via a windows surface 2 pro (which has been shows to be able to playback a 6K raw proxy) although I don't know if could handle a h.265 CPU requirements but I would like to test it out. The resolution of the surface pro 2 is 1920x1080 but I want the user to be able to zoom into a 6K in real-time. I would be providing the computer so could install the decoder ahead of time. Thoughts? Suggestions?
Darren Levine
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sorry, maybe your intentions are totally legit and have merit, but....
1-why
2-where is this 6K source you're looking to use?
3-why
1-why
2-where is this 6K source you're looking to use?
3-why
egproductions
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haha, it is legit...at least I think it is :/
I can't get into the specific details but I'm trying to develop a new approach for my clients and it relies on the ability to play back really high resolution video and zoom into it in realtime. The source is red dragon footage...I wish...it's actually a composite of four above HD resolution video tracks. My two remaining challenges are as follows:
1. Being able to develop or implement a simple player that can be locked at given resolution/window size but playback a higher resolution video with the ability to zoom into it using a touchscreen.
2. Having an efficient enough codec that would allow a windows surface pro 2 to smoothly play back a 6K (or slightly smaller) video. I don't even think h.264 can go up to 6K so I'm not sure what codecs have that ability.
I'm not a beginner but I'm definitely not as experienced in codecs as some I've seen posting on in this forum. If anyone thinks they can accomplish what I'm asking for, I'd love to talk to them privately to discuss a possible paying project. Thanks!
I can't get into the specific details but I'm trying to develop a new approach for my clients and it relies on the ability to play back really high resolution video and zoom into it in realtime. The source is red dragon footage...I wish...it's actually a composite of four above HD resolution video tracks. My two remaining challenges are as follows:
1. Being able to develop or implement a simple player that can be locked at given resolution/window size but playback a higher resolution video with the ability to zoom into it using a touchscreen.
2. Having an efficient enough codec that would allow a windows surface pro 2 to smoothly play back a 6K (or slightly smaller) video. I don't even think h.264 can go up to 6K so I'm not sure what codecs have that ability.
I'm not a beginner but I'm definitely not as experienced in codecs as some I've seen posting on in this forum. If anyone thinks they can accomplish what I'm asking for, I'd love to talk to them privately to discuss a possible paying project. Thanks!
Tony Hernandez
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Look this week at Cinec 2.7 release, will allow you to encode to H.265 hevc on a windows computer. It also includes a player (decoder), so you will be able to encode and decode videos to h265 hevc.
It requires some cpu power but on our tests even a modest computer can do the conversion with.
I will take a surface pro 2 8GB 256GB next or in 2 weeks, will be fantastic.
It requires some cpu power but on our tests even a modest computer can do the conversion with.
I will take a surface pro 2 8GB 256GB next or in 2 weeks, will be fantastic.
egproductions
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Yes, I saw the Cinec release yesterday, looks promising but still waiting for them to implement 8K (limited to 4K currently). Divx also just enabled 4K in the best version of their HEVC encoder. I need 5.6K for my purposes so I'll be looking out for 8K encoders (preferably a free one like Divx)
egproductions
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Follow up question:
Are all HEVC decoders the same? Meaning if I encode something to HEVC using the divx encoder, do I require the divx decoder in order to play it back or can I use a different HEVC decoder?
How does it work with h.264?
Are all HEVC decoders the same? Meaning if I encode something to HEVC using the divx encoder, do I require the divx decoder in order to play it back or can I use a different HEVC decoder?
How does it work with h.264?
Like H.264, HEVC ratified as H.265 will be a universal codec standard. Any device or browser with an H.265 decoder will play a file from any standards compliant encoder. The standard was just ratified in October I believe. Usually takes a year or so for it to get widely distributed or incorporated into new products.
egproductions
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perfect, thats what I thought.