Free Unrestricted H265 to H264 converter

[Mrktn]

Hi, having trouble viewing my drone footage on my smart tv. The file codec is H265 which seems to be the problem.

Can anyone point me to a free converter which doesn’t have video time length restrictions etc.

Thanks

 

[waynorth]

VLC is a free player that can play "everything", and is supposed to be able to do that conversion. I haven't tried it myself though.

How to convert H.265 to H.264 through third-party software.

As of now, our software does not support H.265 natively. If you do not have Windows 8, 7, or do not have an option to install H.265 extension from Microsoft, you can use VLC to convert the video files to H.264. VLC is an open-source free ...

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[naturekid]

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[waynorth]

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Does not seem to do what the OP asks for....

 

[Dave Maine]

ffmpeg is a classic free one, although not easy to use without a GUI. It is a console based app.

 

[BobaFut]

I don't use DaVinci Resolve, but I would assume this is something it can do?

 

[SethB]

ffmpeg is a classic free one, although not easy to use without a GUI. It is a console based app.

Handbrake puts a GUI on ffmpeg, and integrates a handful of other best-in-class open source functions. And it’s free! Highly recommended! Only get it from the official site:

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

 

[Mrktn]

Thanks for all your replies.

@SethB the free version of handbrake, will it convert h265 files that are over 5 minutes long?

 

[SethB]

Thanks for all your replies.

@SethB the free version of handbrake, will it convert h265 files that are over 5 minutes long?

The free, open source version of Handbrake is the only legitimate release of the software. There is no paid version, no additional features to unlock.

There is no video length restriction by Handbrake.

 

[Mrktn]

The free, open source version of Handbrake is the only legitimate release of the software. There is no paid version, no additional features to unlock.

There is no video length restriction by Handbrake.

Amazing, top man.

Thanks for your help

 

[tribar]

Shutter Encoder.

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www.shutterencoder.com

 

[AeroJ]

Just tested the VLC conversion as recommended by @waynorth above on a 1.8 GB 1080 D-Log H/265 file, which previously did 10 bit colour fails in DaVinci Resolve 18.6 Free version. Converted file was only 1 GB surprisingly, it only took about 3 mins to process, and now DVR plays it back with none of the erroring What an extraordinarily valuable thread this is, and I am suitably delighted to have saved myself 250 quid ! Well done everyone !

 

[Grandpa]

I always use/recommend VLC.

 

[AeroJ]

Yeah, sorry guys - fatal flaw in my post above - I hadn't yet realised that all h.264 files are 8-bit, so we do in fact lose the 10-bit in the conversion, even though the colour profile remains similar looking.