how to transcode to h265 format?

[mholin 23]

I was very happy to see an option with server 4.3 to transcode to h265 format.

 

 

 

my emby server is running on windows with 4c/8t cpu and now Nvidia GTX 1060 gpu.

I really would like to check this out, but I cannot find an option to force encoding to h265.

 

Transcoding is always to h264 with or without hardware support.

 

I have several modern android mobile phones and tables, which are h265 capable.

even Amazon Fire Stick Gen2 is able to playback h265 up to level 4.

 

How can I enable this?

 

bye Michael 

 

 

 

[neik 873]

As far as I know h265 isn't being used for transcoding yet, it is only used for conversions of files, e.g. downloading to Android or iOS.

[mholin 23]

ok, I see.

 

but even the download functionallity which I did not used before does encode only to h264.

I downloaded h264/720p episode of nip/tuck to my Xiaomi 9SE and selected quality 1.5 mbit

the result is 480p/h264 file on the phone.

 

No use of the benefits of h265 again.

 

>>>>>> FindVideoDecoder - MediaType: h264, Mode: Custom
Info FindVideoDecoder - Checking: 'DX11VA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB - H.264 (AVC)' (Priority: 100)
Info FindVideoDecoder - Check successful - selecting 'DX11VA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB - H.264 (AVC)'

>>>>>> FindVideoEncoder - Media: h264, UseHardwareCodecs: True, Mode: Custom
Info FindVideoEncoder - Checking: 'NVENC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB - H.264 (AVC)' (Priority: 100)
Info Encoder supports input stream
Info FindVideoEncoder - Check successful - selecting 'NVENC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB - H.264 (AVC)'

C:\Users\mh\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\ffmpeg.exe -loglevel +timing -init_hw_device cuda=cud0:0 -filter_hw_device cud0 -hwaccel d3d11va -hwaccel_device 0 -f matroska -i file:"K:\Serien\Nip Tuck\Nip.Tuck.S02E06.Bobbi.Broderick.DL.German.Dubbed.720p.WEB-DL.AC3.h264-FREAKS.mkv" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 -sn -c:v:0 h264_nvenc -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)" -filter_complex "[0:0]scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*dar)\,720)/2)*2:trunc(ow/dar/2)*2" -b:v:0 1116000 -maxrate 1116000 -bufsize 2232000 -profile:v:0 high -vsync -1 -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -codec:a:0 copy -metadata:s:a:0 language=ger -disposition:a:0 default -codec:a:1 copy -metadata:s:a:1 language=eng -disposition:a:1 none -y "C:\Users\mh\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\sync\11\11\a1006ef7-66c8-4bc3-9bfd-5ae3f22eb8c6.mkv"

 

 

[neik 873]

You are right, download does not have h265 yet.

Sorry, that's my bad!

 

Anyway if you convert then it is available. :-)