To be able to play or edit HEVC content smoothly on a Mac or Windows PC, people sometimes need to convert HEVC files to MP4 format. This post guides you through the process of transcoding HEVC video to MP4 format via using a top HEVC to MP4 Converter app.
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265, is a new video compression standard. HEVC was developed with the goal of providing twice the compression efficiency of the previous standard H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Although compression efficiency results vary depending on the type of content and the encoder settings, at typical consumer video distribution bit rates HEVC is typically able to compress video twice as efficiently as AVC. End-users can take advantage of improved compression efficiency in one of two ways (or some combination of both):
1) At an identical level of visual quality, HEVC enables video to be compressed to a file that is about half the size (or half the bit rate) of AVC, or
2) When compressed to the same file size or bit rate as AVC, HEVC delivers significantly better visual quality.
Although H.265 grows in popularity, it is still not widely supported by hardware devices or software programs. That’s why in some situations people need to convert HEVC to MP4 with H.264 codec. Read on to learn a quick guide on how to encode HEVC to MP4 on a Mac or Windows computer.
Here’s what you need
HEVC/H.265 Converter
[Guide] How to convert H.265/HEVC files to MP4 on Windows/Mac?
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Start up H.265/HEVC Converter for Mac/PC. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Import’ to input your source media.
Step 2: Select your required file type as output format
This H.265/HEVC decoder for Windows/Mac offers a wide variety of output formats for users to choose from. You can select one as target format depending on your end use. To be able to convert HEVC to MP4, simply choose ‘H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)’ as target under ‘HD Video’ column.
If you would like to convert HEVC to 4K H.264 MP4, you may read this post to learn how to convert 4K H.265 to 4K H.264.
Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.
Step 4: Start H.265/HEVC files to MP4 Conversion
When ready, click ‘Start’ to begin format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the generated H.264 MP4 files.
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