[FFmpeg-user] Converting to h.265, keeping all audio streams

[Henk D. Schoneveld]

X264 is NOT the same as H264.
H264 is an encoding standard.
X264 is a program or library to encode to the H264 standard.
It’s not just “Name” slightly changed.

On 12 Jan 2015, at 19:06, voip at gmx.ca wrote:

> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 12:33 PM, cvb at kruemel.org wrote:
>>> I doubt the TV stations use x264,
> 
>> I thought DVB-S2 (HD satellite television) is quite commonly using
>> H.264... But that is probably off-topic on this list.
> 
> They do, in fact.  Here is a VideoSpec (OS X video analyzing software) report for a program I recorded last night from a DVB-S2 channel in the United States.  Only the "Name" has been changed slightly so as not to reveal the name of the program that was recorded:
> 
> ***** Analyzed File Results *****
> 
> *** General Parameters ***
> - Name:  Recording_Name.2015-01-11.ts 
> - Container:  Mpeg Transport Stream 
> - Size:  9.32 GB 
> - Duration:  1h 4mn 
> - Bitrate:  19.3 Mbps 
> 
> *** Video Track Parameters ***
> - Format:  H.264/MPEG-4 AVC     <----- ***** HERE IS WHERE IT SHOWS H.264 *****
> - Bitrate:  Max.: 17.4 Mbps / Average: 16.5 Mbps / Min.: --- 
> - Frame rate (fps):  Max.: Undefined / Average: 59.940 / Min.: Undefined 
> - Encoding profile:  High at L4.1 
> - Image size:  1280*720 
> - Pixel Aspect Ratio:  Undefined 
> - Display Aspect Ratio:  16:9 
> - Interlacing:  Progressive 
> 
> *** First Audio Track Parameters ***
> - Format:  Mpeg-1 layer 2 (mp2) 
> - Bitrate:  256 Kbps 
> - Resolution:  Undefined 
> - Rate:  48.0 KHz 
> - Channel(s):  2 (stereo) 
> - Position:  Undefined 
> 
> *** Miscellaneous ***
> - Subtitle(s): #1 : EIA-608 - --- / #2 : EIA-708 - --- / #3 : EIA-708 - --- / 
> - Album: Undefined
> - Performer: Undefined
> - Genre: Undefined
> - Encoded date: Undefined
> - Album artist: Undefined
> 
> I don't know about the rest of the world, but it is very common to use H.264 on DVB-S2 feeds in North America.
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