High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), MPEG-H Part 2, not part of the MPEG-4 standards, like MPEG-4 Part 2 (Visual, sometimes simply ‘MPEG-4’) and MPEG-4 Part 10 (Advanced Video Coding, AVC). More also in Technical (MPEG) (/mlabs/video/mpeg/technical/)
General Info and Resources on H.265, HEVC, MPEG-H Part 2
- Released 2013
- 2018-01-23: Encode with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) in Compressor 4.4 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208238d
- 2020-11-12: Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207022
- HEVC / H.265 are supported by Apple devices:
- macOS High Sierra (10.13, first rel. Sep 2017) or later
- iOS 11 (first rel. Sep 2017) or later
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding
- /mlabs/video/videores1908/ for one analysis into variants of media files, one MPEG-H/H.265/HEVC plus variants of MPEG-4:
- H.265 /HEVC, from Apple iPhone
- H.264 / AVC, as format of file when ‘sent’ via email (i.e. uploaded to Apple iCloud, made available for download by recipients of email)
- ‘MPEG-4’ (1998) / MPEG-4 Visual, by own specific conversion (test)
Working with H.265, HEVC, MPEG-H Part 2
- google.com/search?q=ffmpeg+to+h265
- google.com/search?q=ffmpeg+transcode+to+h265
- Convert videos from .264 to .265 (HEVC) with ffmpeg – stackoverflow.com/questions/58742765/convert-videos-from-264-to-265-hevc-with-ffmpeg
- How to generate an MP4 with H.265 codec using FFmpeg? – superuser.com/questions/785528/how-to-generate-an-mp4-with-h-265-codec-using-ffmpeg
- H.265/HEVC Video Encoding Guide – trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.265
- google.com/search?q=h265+mp4+on+mac
- Encode with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) in Compressor 4.4 – support.apple.com/en-us/HT208238
- google.com/search?q=convert+h265+to+h264+macos+command+line
- How to Convert HEVC/H.265 MKV Video to AVC/H.264 MP4 with FFmpeg – macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/convert-h265-to-h264-ffmpeg.htm
- Batch convert H.265 mkv to H.264 with ffmpeg to make files compatible for re-encoding – askubuntu.com/questions/707397/batch-convert-h-265-mkv-to-h-264-with-ffmpeg-to-make-files-compatible-for-re-enc