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H.265 HEVC codec explained and when to use it

Another great guest blog from streaming expert Jan Ozer who thoroughly explains the H.265 HEVC codec.

“In my experience, you should expect HEVC transcoding to be about 4-8 times more CPU intensive than H.264, though this obviously will relate to the presets that you use for each.
Overall, HEVC should be considered for streaming to mobile and living room devices, but not for general browser consumption.”

Click below to read the blog. Learn all you need to know about how HEVC works in comparison to H.264 and and find out how Wowza supports it in both Engine and Cloud.


Excellent article, thanks for sharing, for now I prefer to continue using H.264 for my live streams

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Appreciate the feedback @Axel_Gomez1!