Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:19 am
You are doing nothing wrong. The so-called intermediate or 'mezzanine' codecs I listed are much better, but also larger than GOP codecs. They are good for storing a master version which can later be encoded into new formats coming up or used for re-mastering your film. I can only highly recommend them, since storage is cheap these days. We once made a test with multiple generations of ProRes 422 and H.264 (8 bit 4:2:0), where the 10th generation of ProRes was still close to the original, while the 10th one of H.264 looked like a crazy Manga.
From one such those files you can generate a H.265 version in 10 bit with free tools like Handbrake or Shutter Encoder, which will run on nearly any hardware (albeit slow too without hardware support).
While the plug-in by MainConcept is great for exporting some tricky broadcast formats fully adhering to specs, its H.265 export will not bring you much of an advantage. If you need fast H.265 10 bit export, get a Mac mini M1 and run DR Studio on it.
Now that the cat #19 is out of the bag, test it as much as you can and use the subforum.
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