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Re:H.265/HEVC vs. H.264/AVC: 50% bit rate savings verified by wmf on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @12:14PM (#10888679)
Skylake has H.265 Quick Sync but previous generations don't.
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Re:H.265/HEVC vs. H.264/AVC: 50% bit rate savings verified by snuxoll on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @01:10PM (#10889131)
Quick Sync also isn't exactly what I'd call a high-quality encoder, it is useful for things like realtime streaming or screencast recording, but if you are encoding movies or TV shows you will want a "real" HEVC encoder.
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