Question / Help Will the H265 Codec be supported in OBS Multiplatform

[HighSpeedTronic]

Hi,

my Question ist will the H265 Codec be supported in OBS Multiplatform because I have heard it is much more efficient then the H264 Codec what is know used.

 

[Harold]

Size wise, it is more efficient, however youtube doesn't support it as a codec for uploads, and the processing power required to encode it is beyond what is available for live encoding in a LARGE percentage of systems (as of this post).

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

Not that I have a specific interest in H265, but, can't we use ffmpeg for that?
http://superuser.com/questions/785528/how-to-generate-an-mp4-with-h-265-codec-using-ffmpeg

 

[Harold]

could use ffmpeg or handbrake to convert to h265, but not a lot supports h265 playback right now either.

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

could use ffmpeg or handbrake to convert to h265, but not a lot supports h265 playback right now either.

I meant, can we use OBS MP's ffmpeg output option for that?

 

[Harold]

Already available, but you need more cpu than is available to maintain the recording speed.

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

Already available, but you need more cpu than is available to maintain the recording speed.

Fair enough..

 

[Osiris]

I meant, can we use OBS MP's ffmpeg output option for that?

Sure, compile a version of ffmpeg with h265 support, replace it with the included ffmpeg dlls and use custom ffmpeg output.

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

Sure, compile a version of ffmpeg with h265 support, replace it with the included ffmpeg dlls and use custom ffmpeg output.

I thought that, since it's been in ffmpeg for quite some time now (since dec 2014), it'd be in the version that's included in OBS MP.

 

[Osiris]

Nah, the included ffmpeg dlls don't have h265 support.

 

[HighSpeedTronic]

Ok I don't even know that YouTube doesn't support H265.

 

[DoAGoldeneye]

Nah, the included ffmpeg dlls don't have h265 support.

Well, a shame. But as you said, no big deal..