H.265 Recommendation/Help

[jglazer63]

I am evaluating a bunch of different apps including VidCoder, WINX HD converter, Handbrake, and a few others.

What I want is:

- Encode to H.265 (for size/space reasons)
- Remove all but the forced english (if it exists) subtitles to simplify the video
- Begin encoding by way of command line to automate encoding
- Use hardware acceleration where possible to speed up encoding.

I know a lot of this has been discussed but I cannot find a discernable real suggestion so I am asking outright if anyone has a software application they recommend for the above. So far VidCoder is winning except for the speed requirement. It is very slow.

Thanks!!

[jagabo]

For command line encoding try ffmpeg. A sample drag/drop batch file for converting to 10 bit hevc using Intel QSV:

ffmpeg -y -benchmark -hwaccel dxva2 -init_hw_device qsv=hw -filter_hw_device hw -v verbose ^
    -i %1 -pix_fmt p010le ^
    -vf "hqdn3d=1.0:1.0:1.0:1.0" ^
    -load_plugin hevc_hw -c:v hevc_qsv -preset:v slow -global_quality 18 -g 50 ^
    -profile:v main10 -colorspace bt709 -color_range tv ^
    -acodec copy -map 0 "%~dpn1.hevc10.qsv.mkv"

Nvidia and AMD hardware encoders are supported too.