Transcoding ProRes or other with M1? Better results than h.265?

[filmmakereu]

There are reports the fast h.265 handling is faster but lower quality comparing with the Intel capabilities.

Will ProRes or other have the same issues?

I also had asked it there but no answers so far:

 

I also wonder if h.265 transcoding / encoding with software isn't possible to overcome those issues of M1 hardware?

[greenscreen]

Prores is Apple's so optimized for their hardware and software. I'd give M1 a chance. It will be the only one to process H.265 footage smoothly whereas AMD and Intel fail for now.

[kye]

Everyone wants to talk about 4K and 6K and 8K and 12K, and to talk about 8-bit vs 10-bit vs 12-bit vs 14-bit, but when it actually comes to the quality of the image, people don't want to know.

I was interested in it but found so little online that I ended up having to do my own study on the SNR of various codecs myself.  It's here:

You're talking about the quality / performance of the same flavours of codec but with differing encoding methods (software/hardware).  I'd bet you won't find anything and you'll have to do your own testing to find answers.  

I found it almost impossible to get information on the T2 chip that even specified if it was supported, and if so, what codecs / bit-depths / subsampling it supported.

Good luck, but my advice is to give up asking.

[seanzzxx]

On 12/28/2020 at 4:50 PM, filmmakereu said:

There are reports the fast h.265 handling is faster but lower quality comparing with the Intel capabilities.

Will ProRes or other have the same issues?

I also had asked it there but no answers so far:

 

I also wonder if h.265 transcoding / encoding with software isn't possible to overcome those issues of M1 hardware?

Where are you seeing the news of poor encoding?

[filmmakereu]

On 12/30/2020 at 10:00 AM, seanzzxx said:

Where are you seeing the news of poor encoding?

For example there. Take a look in that video report: