MP4/MKV H264 Video to HEVC H265 fast converter ??

jimbo45 · 01 Oct 2018

Hi folks

I've a number of videos that I want to convert to H.265 HEVC - the converter I've got is far too slow for this to be even remotely feasible -- Source videos are H.264 MKV. Converter using is Wondershare Video converter which does the job for converting things like mts to mkv / mp4 quick enough without loss but I would like to have videos in H.265 HEVC format.

I've got a decent fast (QUAD CPU) machine and ssd's for the data storage but the converter is still saying it will take around 6 hrs !!! to convert an approx. 3 hr video - source size around 5GB destination size about 2.5GB and maintains full HD (1080p). 1920 X 1080 is 1080p.

MP4/MKV H264 Video to HEVC H265 fast converter ??-hevc.png

IMHO it shouldn't take anything like that long

I've looked possibly at Handbrake but it seems you need a Ph.D in wizardry etc to be able to set that out to get the best possible output resolution.

Anything else out there ?? I want to keep the videos in 1080p HD.

Cheers
jimbo

mojo53 · 08 Oct 2018

Hi Jimbo

That's a hard one as with anything new, you just have to wait until the Guru's catch up with the new Codecs, the only other program i heard about apart from Handbrake is Pavtube (windows only i think) but it's not free, and i have not tried it as i convert anything i get in H.265 HEVC back to H.264 MKV with Movavi Video Suite or WinX HD Video Converter, and i had a quick look at them both and i did not see any options going to H.265, but plenty for just about everything else, and as my Samsung TV wont play H.265 there is no rush, so by the time i need a new TV, hopefully Samsung will have figured it out, as we will all need an upgrade i guess, and that is a very good excuse for a new TV.

Good Luck
mojo.