On Sunday 08 May 2016 17:01:01 shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > As a viewer I have been very much impressed by x265 and have been by > and large consuming videos which come in those format. > > Here's a comparison between the two > > http://www.mediaentertainmentinfo.com/2013/10/4-concept-series-what-is-the-d > ifference-between-hevc-h-265-and-h-264-mpeg-4-avc.html > > Would there be possibility of encoding and putting videos in the video > archive in x265 format ? > > I know that for 60 + videos (which each debconf has) it is a tall > order, I would be interested to help be part to encode them in x265 > and maybe somebody uploads them to the video archive wherever they > have good speeds. > > I did ask some encoders I know and it seems a normal one and half hour > video (something like movies) take around 9 hours so looking at videos > from past it should be half of that. > > They usually use i7 or AMD quad-core or 8-core machines, between 8-16 > GB DDR3 and discrete video cards (usually having 2 GB on card) - > something like AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB > > Came across something which might be of interest :- > > http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/17582/how-can-i-efficiently-convert > -mov-mpeg-4-files-for-long-term-storage > > Lastly, most videos I have downloaded in recent past in x265 is about > one and half hour and the file-size was 200~250 MB with no apparent > artefacts (bleeding etc.) on my 17" LED monitor. > > If people think this would be good/valuable I would ask my friends to > get some high bitrate videos and start encoding them to x265 to have > some encoding experience before debconf. My main issue with H.265 (and h.264) is that they are both proprietary formats and so forcing people to have to make use of them flies in the face of what Debian stands for. Kyle
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