The new H.266 VVC codec promises 45% lower bitrate than H.265 HEVC tho sadly will require alot more encoding time.

It seems very exciting; any thoughts? I have no idea when or if it will be available for home encoders, but suspect it will one day be leaked via a torrent for us all to try.

At it's current state.. dead out of the water.

There is already an encoder for VVC (https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc) but its unfathomably slow, proprietary nature (which hampers adoption), does not support Y4M input (for now), and no video player support. FFmpeg the so-called "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video." refused to support VVenC due to its dubious licensing.

even x265 took years to fully evolved, and VCC x266 is a very new and still in development, so no chance to give it a try .

For those with powerful PC`s & wish to experiment; someone has made a fork of FFMPEG  that allows for both encoding and decoding of H.266 VVC.  https://www.github.com/yodadude2003/FFmpeg-VVC

How to play h.266 files

https://github.com/TencentCloud/O266player

*Reading the youtube comments seems encoding may take 200% longer than encoding H.265 but should yield superior video quality & much lower file sizes

Last edited by realityshow on 2022-11-22 22:22:36

x264 excellent for 720, 1080p, x265 excellent for 1080p, 4k, x266 excellent for 4k, 8k................. and so on. But yes you would need a serious rig with some serious soft/hardware installed to even consider changing from x265 encoding to x266 in the future "or not so future"

Originally posted by H3LLPR13ST

x264 excellent for 720, 1080p, x265 excellent for 1080p, 4k, x266 excellent for 4k, 8k

I`m happy to open this up for debate.

I see no reason for you to dissuade folks from experimenting with their SD, 720p,1080p content.

These sites + many more say:

"The H.266/VVC codec will deliver the same visual quality from SD right up to 8K"

https://www.pcmag.com/news/h266-codec-promises-to-reduce-video-file-sizes-by-half

"H.266/VVC provides efficient transmission and storage of all video resolutions from SD to HD up to 4K and 8K"

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/new-h-266/vvc-codec-will-offer-faster-streaming-of-8k-or-4k-videos-on-mobile/articleshow/76847748.cms

I really hope to see new VVC H.266 torrents pop up on this site. I`m sure many wont be happy as they will complain about not being able to play this content. For them then they can just download a x264 copy. But for the majority of the users be it PC or MAC these new space saving video torrents are of great importance.

Last edited by realityshow on 2022-11-29 00:51:03

Originally posted by H3LLPR13ST

x264 excellent for 720, 1080p, x265 excellent for 1080p, 4k, x266 excellent for 4k, 8k................. and so on. But yes you would need a serious rig with some serious soft/hardware installed to even consider changing from x265 encoding to x266 in the future "or not so future"

hevc x265 took about 5 years after it was launched to gain market share.

I don't know if today's hardware, with just a software update, would implement support for this and other codecs.