H264 vs H265 | Explained 

Thanks for the video! FYI: @ 0:31 you have a typo (256 instead of 265)

Let me do you a favor, the difference between h264 and h265, is that h265 can store more data in the same bit rate more efficiently. just use h.265. I just saved you 9 minutes.

This was awesome! Thanks so much. I came here to learn after I saw Premiere Pro released v22.4 supposedly exports 10x faster. I didn't know what HEVC was. Good job.

I definitely notice a difference in quality especially in shadowed areas. I don't like h265 compression very much for only like 20% savings on file size.

Great explanation, thank you! I kind of knew the difference but definitely not in this much details, thank you again! I have mostly been using H.265 with my videos for the last couple of years, I like the compressed size reducing storage needed. Especially with the new Apple M1 (and upcoming M2) chips they are easy to handle now for editing and viewing.

Perfect explanation, makes complete sense to me now! Thank you! I've started exporting my 4K videos in 265 :)

Sooo......When you're watching a compressed video, and you notice those pixelated portions around things in the video (especially if there is a lot of black/darker colors on the screen), is that the prediction being wrong, thus displaying "incorrect" frames?

Ay thanks for the help! that helped me understand the difference

Hi, Thank you for your informative video on video codecs. I have a specific scenario and a question regarding the best format for it: I offer online courses, and our users stream videos while logged into our site - these videos are not downloadable. Considering this, I'd like to know: Is H.265 still the best codec today for reducing bandwidth usage and ensuring easy streaming? And, importantly, will it play smoothly across all platforms and browsers without additional requirements for the end user? I want to convert my current MP4 videos to the optimal format for these needs. Thanks for your guidance!

Thanks for this handy, and detailed info mate! Gonna try exporting at H.265 now. Is the processing time quicker too?

Fun side note, broadcast television, over the air and cable boxes, still uses mpeg2 which first came out in 1995!

Thanks for this great informative video. What I'm wondering about is how hard is it to edit and color grade H265 4K video as compared to Apple ProRes 4K video. And wondering about possibly converting H265 video to Apple ProRes video for editing. I have a 512GB iPhone 14 Pro Max so file size is important. Thanks.

Is RU-vid accepting HEVC videos now? I just uploaded a clip and it seems to have processed ok.

Great explanation! Thanks! I’ve had a much better experience with H265 in media encoder

thank you so much for the clear and awesome explanation!

Great video and information, watched it fully! Keep it up man!

Thank you so much for this video, it is very helpful! My Sony ZVE-10 camera's codec is h264. Is it still better to choose h265 when exporting a video to get the best image quality? (especially for RU-vid)

Just wanted to let you know that your video was so extremely helpful. I watched like four before this one and all of them just didn’t really answer my questions but yours was perfect. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much! It was entertaining and informative. You explained it wonderfully for those of us who are not so technically inclined.

Thanx for the video. Small correction. In the opening you wrote H264&H256

Thanks a lot for the explanation

Nice coverage for H264 and H265. But unfortunately this video didn't cover X264 and X265. Believe it or not, they're "same-same but different." H264 & H265 can be encoded with Hardware acceleration like GPUs or iGPU or APU which means writing the video files at real-time or "faster than real-time" speed. The trade offs? Storage space needed for H264 & H265. They're relatively bigger than X264 & X265. Which means the H264 & H265 specifically designed for speed. Not efficiency or bandwidth or picture clarity. So, in order to have a Crystal-clear picture quality on H264 & H265, you need to increase its Bitrate, which leads to more storage space needed. On the otherhand, X264 & X265 are more rigged towards Quality & Bandwidth & Storage space. But they're Slow. X264 & X265 cannot be encoded by any GPUs in existence, not even RTX 4090 or RX 7900 XTX. Both X264 & X265 need at least 6 to 8 Threads of the CPU to be able to encode in real-time, while technically it can use more than 8 Threads, using more than 8 actually degrade the picture quality. Now, this is something you might not ready to accept the TRUTH. A properly encoded video with X264 can have better picture quality and smaller file size than H265. And a properly encoded X265 can have even smaller size than X264. So, in summary, in terms of Encoding speed, it's like: H264 > H265 > X264 > X265. Meanwhile, in terms of Encoding quality and file size: X265 > X264 > H265 > H264. And then, these are some additional features. X264 can have 10 Bit HDR Color, but H264 cannot, 8 Bit only. H265 with 10 Bit HDR Color often have a bit bigger file size than H264 8 bit. But H265 8 Bit is way smaller size than H264 8 Bit. X264 10 Bit HDR can have smaller file size than H265 8 & 10 Bit. X265 10 Bit HDR have the best file size & picture quality, but also longer encoding time. Not even Core i9 13900K can encode X265 10 Bit HDR in real-time.

Best explanation I have found!

Thanks for this fantastic and very informative video! For the moment, I'll have to stick with H264 until I upgrade my laptop with a faster graphic card. Thanks again !!!

0:32 - It should be H265 as opposed to H256

I’ve always been under the impression that h.265 was going to be a worse overall quality video. So if my camera records in h.265 and also creates proxies, would I still get the ProRes equivalent essentially but use the proxies for a better editing experience?

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If .mp4 and .mov both use the same h264 codec then why should .mov have better quality? In the end it just depends on the bitrate, the container doesnt matter much.

Im rendering a 60min, 4k video in 265 codec. And it takes 30 hours. Would it be faster if I use 264 instead? my specs i5 12600k gtx3060 12gb vram

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Thank you for your through explanation.

not much if a change on quality for the normal eye, the only grip I have with x265 is it doesnt play on normal TVs but x264 plays on an android TV

All very interesting but I'm still left with the question... If shooting on a drone, to be edited on a 2017 MacBook Pro in Final Cut Pro... Which should I use?

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if a video was compressed using the exact same H.264 settings, why would the mp4 file be more compressed than the mov file?

OR, we could look at the listed H256 standard in your video

thanks for the vid, i just want to ask a question not actually in the right topic though... i want to download videos from the internet and i dont know which i should choose (hevc or avc), i mean i like hevc more because it requires less storage to save a video but i dont know should i use it or not because of the hardware...

GREAT Explanation really excellent! Thank You soooooo much!

bro at 0:34 you wrote H.256 instead of H.265, other than that great video and very useful

Why 4k UHD bluray is always in HEVC (H265)?

H.265 is "arguably" better than H.264? I hope it's not worse!

Anybody here knows if an M1 Macbook Air would be capable of editing video recorded on Hevc well or does it have to be h264? Thinking of getting the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and planning to edit 20 min videos on an M1 Macbook Air. I was told I cannot record on 4k 24 fps as the computer won't be able to handle it. I was recommended to record in 1080 P 24 fps. I don't know if that will look awful or not... Some help by people who know a lot about this would be appreciated. Thank you.

Wait how come whenever I render something in Davinci Resolve the video with the H.265 code is about 50% bigger? Based on your explanation they should be smaller.

Great explanation. 👌

That was so easy to follow and so clear to understand, great video. So can i ask you or a fellow reader, if i record on an insta 360 at 5.7k then put it in davinci what should i export it as, 264 or 265 and at what bitrate hope that makes sense

Wow, I get it! Thank you!

No idea what to talk here about, but if I'm correct h.265 requires 2x less bandwidth for the same quality as h.264, but for 5x more encoding resources. The same is for h.266 vs h.265. So h.265 is quite good video codec, but only in case your hardware supports it, and h.266 is even better in the same case.

I don't think 6k and 8k will become the norm any time soon. Bandwidth and storage is still limited. I remember when HD content became available. I was blown away. But now I realize there is plenty of content that still looks great at 480p and 720p. 1080p is fine for me. I don't need higher. The truth is there are diminishing returns for higher resolutions. 144p is very pixelated and very blurry, 240p is somewhat pixelated and pretty blurry, 360p is slightly blurry, 480p is quite sharp on small screens (this is DVD quality!), on larger screens you need 720p or 1080p. That's it. Unless you have a monitor that covers your entire field of view the extra pixels won't make you enjoy the content more.

Well done!!😊

SUCH A COMPLEX CONCEPT EXPLAINED IN SUCH AN EASY WAY. WELL DONE

nice job sir

Informative thanks ❤❤

Great video! Typo in the title 0:33 s (H264 & H256) ;-)

H265 is more taxing on your computer when editing… I’ll rather buy bigger SD cards uhs-2.. then struggle with the compressed file while editing…

Excellent video!

Por que dizia "REPORTAGEM" nas costas do cinegrafista? Os editores do vídeo são brasileiros ou portugueses?

hope you notice @00:34 you have typo on H265

my main question is , is the audio output of a 265 different than a 264? it seems when i play a movie in 264 i hear all the surround effects dolby digital and dts , that said when i play a movie in 265 i dont get any surround effects just L C R speakers ... is this a receiver problem that can not play 265 audio?

Great explanation 😊

Clear, concise and very professional 👏

Thank you!

Why h265 did not predicted the whole word SHMENS at 5:55? (up left corner)

شرح ررررائع Great job

Why does it sound like mike has European codec? 🤔

very interesting, thx

Very interesting, good video.

Sir, does facebook allow videos under H265 format in 2023? Thank you in advance

great explain

thank you

3:14 the video shows AVC but you said HEVC instead

This guy is fit!

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thak you

Bro, you made a typo at 0:32

Sorry but there’s an error in your video at time stamp 0:35.

".mov" is just a container. It shouldn't be better than the same video coded with the same setting into a .mp4 container.

H.256???

I have h265 tv it's beautiful

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Good luck trying to play h265 422 video on a PC!!

0:33 h256..

are you related to ASIA?

The container has nothing to do with video compression…

hey bro, your typing mistake at this second. of ( H264 & H265 ) YOUR TYPING IS ( H256 )😂 0:32

we should all use h.265

I hate .MKV file containers a lot more than .MOV or .MP4

H256^^ 0:34

Nice vid

10bit vs x264

Use for movies 😁

The preview image has stupidly wrong content.

Imagine using H.264 in 2023

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0:35.. it is H265 and not H256

You wrote H256 in the explantation in the beginning ;)