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Old 7th December 2018, 11:28   #16395  |  Link
ReinerSchweinlin
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Originally Posted by burt123 View Post
Now I know this is probably a really basic noob question,

Can someone explain why when you re-encode an x264 to x264 with just some basic settings, it doesn't take a very long time.

However, when you re-encode an x265 4K to x265 4K, it takes such a L-O-N-G time.

Why when it's already x265 4K !!!!

Downsizing from x265 4K to x265 1080p doesn't take long.

There has to be a faster way to do this, especially as it's becoming a lot more common place.
The codec used for the source is not the point - the time it takes to decode is muuuuuch smaller then to encode.
So if the source already is h265 makes no difference.
What takes time is the new encoding - the more advanced the codec (x265>X264), the more pixels (4k>1080p) and the higher the encoding settings is what takes up time..

Encoding 4K in x265 really needs a lot of horespower, no matter what the source once was...
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