HEVC/X265 videos

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Couple of useful links:
High Efficiency Video Coding
HEVC / H.265 Explained


I found something that I have wanted to see remastered for a very, very long time and was given the choice of 1080p MP4 at a whopping 25GB or 1080p HEVC x265 at a more reasonable 5GB for the first series. I decided to go for the latter and see what was what with this newfangled codec, and I am not disappointed.

The codec was created to support 4k/8k video, so if you want to beam porn onto the side of your house in full definition.......lol. But seriously once the right software is released (free that is), any file you have can be encoded to say 20% of the original size. So, that 700mb rip will be less than 200mb with no loss of quality at all.

Pros and cons.

Its new and the most popular media players are very sketchy and leaky. VLC plays it, just, but its unwatchable, however the developers will sort that out. Media player classic wont read it all all. I tried 5kplayer, but it suffers the same issues as VLC.
Divx player runs it flawlessly, they are usually first on new tech like this, but without pro features taking screencaps is difficult.


I had to use snipping tool on windows for these, so it only shows the resolution of my screen as opposed to the files.

On a delightfully positive note, the files work on my samsung smart tv via a memory stick.


My photo. See what I am enjoying

In summary, use the free divx player to view for the time being.

To be continued/updated hopefully with many a member input