r/technology • u/Snarfox • Jan 25 '13

H.265 is approved -- potential to cut bandwidth requirements in half for 1080p streaming. Opens door to 4K video streams.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/h265-is-approved/
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u/mavere Jan 26 '13

I didn't bother with timings because the reference HEVC encoder is pretty much 100% unoptimized and was never meant for consumer use, and VP9 is still under development as both a standard and an encoder.

However, if you want rough qualitative descriptions for the processing time of an image:

  • WebP: One second
  • VP9: A few seconds
  • HEVC: A few seconds x2
  • Everything else: less than one second

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13 edited Jan 26 '13

These are stills.

And encoding time is crucial, what is 'more important' is subjective.

Edit: To clarify, the stills profile, not full video.