This repository contains some scripts to help perform some video re-encoding tasks, such as converting MOV files from my digital cameras to h265 to save space. Mostly this is using ffmpeg and similar free tools
This uses some settings I've tweaked to give me the level of quality I want vs. file size reduction. This for my taste is perceptually un-noticable, has good encoding speed, and decent file-size reduction.
> python make265.py --help
usage: make265.py [-h] [--name NAME] [--input INPUT] [--season SEASON] [--episode EPISODE] [--profile PROFILE] [--ffmpeg FFMPEG]
[--extn EXTN] [--gpu]
Convert sets of videos to h265 to save disk space.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name NAME Basename to use for output files
--input INPUT Input file or folder.
--season SEASON Season number
--episode EPISODE If using season number, specify the starting episode for this sequence
--profile PROFILE Profile - one of tv, hd, uhd, canon, olympus
--ffmpeg FFMPEG Directory to ffmpeg bin dir
--extn EXTN Output container extension to use, mkv or mp4 typically
--gpu Use h264_nvenc or hvec_nvenc cuda accellerated encoding
- Olympus E-PL8 - MOV -> MP4
| Codec | Image |
|---|---|
| .mov (original, 27.6mb) |  |
| .mp4 (h265, 7.7mb) |  |
| diff (tol=5/255) |  |
- Canon 70D - MOV -> MP4, keep audio. 101MB -> 21MB