2014-10-03, 18:56
Thanks in advance to anyone who chimes in! I figured some folks on this forum might have thoughts on this...
So I noted this in XBMC's, ahem, I mean, Kodi's new feature list:
"FFmpeg upgrade, this means Kodi will now be capable of playing back h.265 (also known as HEVC) and VP9 video codecs"
I had no idea what that meant, so did a LITTLE reading on it. Apparently it's basically a great, new-ish video encode that supposedly results in great looking video (almost indistinguishable from lossless some say?) while taking up significantly less storage space than typical codecs.
I backup my movie collection (DVDs and Blu-rays) to my server for use with XBMC/Kodi with MakeMKV. I like it because it's simple AND I think it takes the video/audio from the disc without degrading the quality found on the original medium.
So, I guess my questions are...
1. If one was interested in benefiting from the quality and efficiency of the h.265 codec, does anyone more knowledgeable on the subject have any opinions on whether or not it would be worthwhile?
2. Are there specific drawbacks (besides the time sink!) to doing so I might not be thinking about?
3. What's the best way to do it? -any relatively simple software that anyone would recommend?
So I noted this in XBMC's, ahem, I mean, Kodi's new feature list:
"FFmpeg upgrade, this means Kodi will now be capable of playing back h.265 (also known as HEVC) and VP9 video codecs"
I had no idea what that meant, so did a LITTLE reading on it. Apparently it's basically a great, new-ish video encode that supposedly results in great looking video (almost indistinguishable from lossless some say?) while taking up significantly less storage space than typical codecs.
I backup my movie collection (DVDs and Blu-rays) to my server for use with XBMC/Kodi with MakeMKV. I like it because it's simple AND I think it takes the video/audio from the disc without degrading the quality found on the original medium.
So, I guess my questions are...
1. If one was interested in benefiting from the quality and efficiency of the h.265 codec, does anyone more knowledgeable on the subject have any opinions on whether or not it would be worthwhile?
2. Are there specific drawbacks (besides the time sink!) to doing so I might not be thinking about?
3. What's the best way to do it? -any relatively simple software that anyone would recommend?