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x264 software vs x265 hardware encoding in 2023 (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by mangustaeliberatoare@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Hi. I know it`s already been talked some stuff about this, but sill i have one dilema: i want to transcode all my old stuff for better space management.

And i have the choice of x264 software or x265 hardware encoding. The x265 software encoding would take too much time and power.

Have any of you made any comparison between the 2 options ?

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[–] Shanix@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Don't ever use hardware acceleration for encoding video ahead of time. It produces the same quality for much higher file size, or lower quality for the same file size, as software encoding.

On the fly transcoding is fine for GPU since it's transient, but if you're preparing ahead of time, only software encoding.

That being said, it's entirely up to you. Get some short 30-90s clips of your library, encode them with different settings, and see what you like and what the file sizes are. Then make a decision.