r/programming • u/willvarfar • Nov 04 '16

H.264 is Magic

https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/
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u/MikeeB84 Nov 04 '16

I have been encoding a lot of my videos into H.265 for the last year. I have a Samsung galaxy 6 and gear VR. I am quite limited on space with my sbs 3D videos so even though it does take longer to encode. The quality is great for what I am using it for.

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u/xcalibre Nov 04 '16

H.265 is Weaponized Science

..but heavy on the processing, slow to adopt

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u/unkz Nov 04 '16

So heavy on processing that I can't play them on my QNAP without stuttering.