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Let's Talk x265 - mr_swizzer - 2016-09-20
Say if I made a video addon that streamed perfectly legal YouTube videos. Could I put a x265 decoder within the video addon. So when the user calls upon the x265 video file the decoder can stream the file. Thus keeping quality the same & lowering bit rates and buffering?
Or could you eventually integrate it natively into the Kodi player?
RE: Let's Talk x265 - Martijn - 2016-09-20
Why would you because Kodi already has x265
RE: Let's Talk x265 - mr_swizzer - 2016-09-20
Oh cool so I can just get the player to stream x265 files & it will decode them fine?
I didn't know it was already integrated.
RE: Let's Talk x265 - Martijn - 2016-09-20
Either with hardware if it can or software if not but then you need a powerful CPU depending on resolution
RE: Let's Talk x265 - mr_swizzer - 2016-09-20
Yeh that makes sense.
So if I kept things at a 720p quality & ran all the files through a x265 converter. Thus lowering the file sizes of each video & bit rates that should be ok for typical hardware or android box hardware?
RE: Let's Talk x265 - Martijn - 2016-09-20
Depends on the hardware.
RE: Let's Talk x265 - mr_swizzer - 2016-09-20
Their should be a chart for typical hardware requirements vs x265 decoding in 480p, 720p & 1080p.
Then you could just compare the typical hardware used by Kodi & get an idea of what x265 conversion settings to use. Thus optimizing your Video Addon.
RE: Let's Talk x265 - da-anda - 2016-09-20
if you use the "fast decode" option during encode, even the PI2 can handle moderate bitrate 720p HEVC files in software
Quote:Their should be a chart for typical hardware requirements vs x265 decoding in 480p, 720p & 1080p.we do not track users or their hardware, so we have no idea what the average Kodi HW looks like.
Then you could just compare the typical hardware used by Kodi & get an idea of what x265 conversion settings to use. Thus optimizing your Video Addon.
RE: Let's Talk x265 - EGOvoruhk - 2016-09-23
You're better off just re-encoding to H.264/x264 anyway. Better hardware support, and it'll look better. HEVC only looks beats H.264/x264 at extremely LOW bitrates (which I would assume, or hope, you wouldn't bother using with a 720p file) or extremely HIGH resolution