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H.265/HEVC - Tvheadend supports it!

Added by Jaroslav Kysela about 9 years ago

Tvheadned received support for H.265/HEVC video coding standard including the transcoding feature. Check the latest development code.


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Added by Marc Ominus about 7 years ago

Anyone aware of USB H.265/HEVC tuner on the market?

I have just seen this:
https://www.digizone.cz/clanky/dvb-t2-se-uz-siri-i-z-cerne-hory-a-lyse-hory/?utm_medium=kolotoc&utm_source=root-cz&utm_campaign=dvb-t2-se-uz-siri-i-z-cerne-hory-a-lyse-hory

and in CZ "H.265/HEVC" is already being deployed unlike the UK ...

Added by Mark Clarkstone about 7 years ago

Marc, you're confused. A DVB device doesn't actually need to "support" HEVC.
They don't care what codecs - MPEG, H264 or H265 - are used. It's up to the software to handle it.

Added by Jaroslav Kysela about 7 years ago

You need any DVB-T2 tuner to receive the new Czech broadcasting.. The H.265/HEVC is video standard which is broadcasted though the physical layer (DVB-S/S2/T/T2/C/C2), so it's the data format on top of the physical data transfer.

Added by Marc Ominus about 7 years ago

So when I go to Prague my 2013:024f PCTV Systems nanoStick T2 290e will be able to tune in
and play programs form the new transmitter Cerna hora in DVB-T2 / HEVC?

Although https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCTV_Systems_nanoStick_T2_290e does not mention supported codes
Over at the manufac. web http://www.pctvsystems.com/Products/ProductsEuropeAsia/Digitalproducts/PCTVnanoStickT2/tabid/248/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
TV recording formats are MPEG-2 transport stream and MPEG-4 H.264 (AVC) no mention of H.265 (HEVC).

Added by Jaroslav Kysela about 7 years ago

So when I go to Prague my 2013:024f PCTV Systems nanoStick T2 290e will be able to tune in and play programs form the new transmitter Cerna hora in DVB-T2 / HEVC?

Yes, everything is in my explanation. DVB-T2 is just the broadcasting standard (to transmit and receive data). It has nothing to do with the contents (data).

Added by Marc Ominus about 7 years ago

So in case of 2013:024f PCTV Systems nanoStick T2 290e if I plug it in my PC, and use VLC to cune in it would work,
as VLC can deccode H.265/HEVC,

but trying to find my TV in the cert devices:
http://www.dvbt2overeno.cz/storage/app/media/devices_import/devices.csv
its not there UE40ES8000, as it does not have the H.265/HEVC, but that could be added if the
manufact. wanted it and the hardware of the TV support it?

I have seen it somewhere in discussion, best to buy dumb screen and attach to it what box one wants ...
rather than smart TV ...

Added by Jaroslav Kysela about 7 years ago

its not there UE40ES8000, as it does not have the H.265/HEVC, but that could be added if the manufact. wanted it and the hardware of the TV support it?

It's totaly out-of-theme question. These pages are about Tvheadend software. Your TV probably does not have hardware H.265/HEVC decoder, so it's not able to view/present this video codec. You can move this discussion to the forum, but probably it would be better to ask the TV vendor to verify this.

Added by Fleurpink Pink almost 5 years ago

you're confused. A DVB device doesn't actually need to "support" HEVC.
They don't care what codecs - MPEG, H264 or H265 - are used. It's up to the software to handle it.