The below guide uses the H.265/HEVC Converter Mac (Including Mac OS X 10.7 or later) screenshots. If you are using Windows 10, please go to H.265/HEVC Video Converter for Windows guide. The main interface of the top converter is as below. You can convert H.265/HEVC to any format in three simple steps! X265 HEVC Encoder / H.265 Video Codec x265 is a H.265 / HEVC video encoder application library, designed to encode video or images into an H.265 / HEVC encoded bitstream. X265 Project Goals x265 demonstrates best overall HEVC encoding efficiency in Moscow State University’s Codec Comparison.
The new HEVC/H.265 codec offers better image quality than the H.264 videos, but requires only half about the storage space. However, this new code takes a lot of computational horsepower for many media players to smoothly play these files and some on the computer simply do not play the normal H.265 video files recorded with cameras such as Samsung NX1 or Samsung NX500.H.265/HEVC codec playback problems on VLCVLC Media Player for Mac is a powerful and efficient app for playing any kinds of media in multiple formats right onto macOS Sierra. On February 27, 2015, VLC Media Player version was released with robust support of HEVC playback.
However, according to test from, VLC can't play the H.265 files for more than a few seconds without glitching and artifacting. Therefore, you still need to transcode the H.265 HEVC files to VLC playable formats listed below:Container formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, Matroska, QuickTime File Format, MP4, Ogg, OGM, WAV, MPEG-2, AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV, MXF, VOB, RM, DVD-VideoVideo formats: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265/MPEG HEVC, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, Sorenson, Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, DNxHD, Prores and some WMV.For smooth and better video quality of H.265 files playback on VLC media player, you'd better transcode H.265/HEVC to the more compatible but less-compressed H.264 video.
(support for ) will offer your great help to convert H.265/HEVC to VLC Media Player smooth playback codec - H.264.Before start conversion, there are one problem you still need to solve. If the H.265/HEVC files you are going to play with VLC have a 4K resolution, you're suggested to compress 4K to 1080p. The reason is that although H.264 can handle 4K videos, however, it can't keep file size low simultaneously. Big file size will require more computer lower and more bandwidth and therefore will also results playback errors. You can with our 'Profile Settings' function on the software.
HEVC supports larger frame sizes and HDR10 metadata for High Dynamic Range (HDR) video. You can view HEVC files on recent generation Apple devices running macOS High Sierra, iOS 11, or tvOS 11. With Compressor 4.4, you can encode your Final Cut Pro or Motion projects with HEVC.*
* macOS High Sierra is required.
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