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Is there any easy automated solution to convert my whole Kodi library to h265? Wont be doing it just yet, but I want to look into the possibility
I am stoked to think that my 8TB HTPC will in theory be able to hold twice as much in the near future

50% bitrate reduction (for same quality) was just a general goal of the project.

Right now x265 performs fantastically at extreme low bitrates... like 500kbps for 1080p. At that bitrate, x264 is predictably a mess with ragged edges and blocking, banding. x265 is much cleaner, easily 2x better. BUT it still falls into the 'low quality' bracket. No matter that it is 2x better, it is still not something most people want to watch.

As you increase the bitrate towards something more reasonable...like 8Mbps for 1080p....x265 isn't really outperforming x264 by a significant margin. In some cases it's worse at the same bitrate because it's soft/blurry.

That's going to change over time but right now you would be nuts to think of converting your library to HEVC.