Julian Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I'm trying to load some h265 files in Premiere Pro. Doesn't work. It doesn't give an error, just keeps saying 'Media Pending'. Tried google, but I only find stuff like: http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/plin/ - plugins to export h265. The iPhone 6 shoots h265 and I suppose some people want to edit their footage on their computer. Is there a plugin/codec I can install to get it to work in Premiere? If not, what would be the best/easiest workflow? (Windows). Already installed some codecs on my computer to get smooth playback - this works fine now. Ratguity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Perhaps use Handbrake or similar tool with ffmpeg elements (which include H.265 decoding) to transcode to H.264 at 2x the bitrate or ProRes/DNxHD, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I'd just re-encode it to ProRes422 and then use it. An extra step, but it'll make your editing app happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks gents. Hoped for a native solution, but I suppose we will have to wait for Adobe to update Premiere Pro. Will give Handbrake a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I threw in some iphone 6 videos files into Premiere Pro CC today and it handled them fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Really? They are H265 files, right? Are you on Mac or Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just looked at the info and they are h264. A quick google search shows they only use h265 for facetime streaming. Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks! That explains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnVid Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Canopus Codec is free too, might come in handy for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk908 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I see it recommended a lot, and I don't know if it's just me, but whenever I try to use Wondershare to transcode NX1 4K it fails. Every single time regardless of settings, but it will work at 1080 and below. I'm on PC. I've seen countless videos of it working on Mac so maybe it's just PC or specifically mine. Also, it does not use my nvidia 700 series gpu for acceleration. I've been using free rocky mountain converter which has about the simplest interface possible and seems to work faster than handbrake and samsung's converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwhite Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 any conversion my lose quality, but that may be the only choice before the premiere pro forward some solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosushi Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 See the iffmpeg solution for mac (ffmpeg also exists for windows). This works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FannieJane Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 When I am ready to edit a H.265 movie I drag and drop the file into Premiere Pro, Pavtube H.265 video converter is was by far the easiest one I've ever used. The software is pretty easy to use. I have used others in a trial setting, but this was by far the best I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff CB Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Everyone here. Use one of these two on windows, they give you encoding options and prores.Photon is a great option, and my current favorite. http://brightland.com/w/photon-manual/As well as Rocky Mountains Move Converter http://sourceforge.net/projects/rockymountainsmovieconverter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimitBreak Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 If you are going to buy a new desktop or laptop then get one with Skylake intel's 6th gen processor, it will come with native hardware support for H.265 encoding and decoding.Sadly the Tech is still lagging behind because of the lack of competition in the regular cpu market, even the 5th gen lacks H.265 hardware encoding. Otherwise transcoding is the only way for the time being! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwhite Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'm not sure that Premiere can support H.265/HEVC codec, therefore it's better you should save H.265 to Adobe Premiere friendly video type, such as WMV, MPEG. I use Pavtube Video Converter for the job btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff CB Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'm not sure that Premiere can support H.265/HEVC codec, therefore it's better you should save H.265 to Adobe Premiere friendly video type, such as WMV, MPEG. I use Pavtube Video Converter for the job btw.Umm, no. Not at all. It's going to be a broadly used consumer codec, it will be support in premiere/AVID/Sony Vegas. It's just a question of when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Yeah.. lets convert to WMV.. great idea.Did the topic turn into a dump for spammers to plug their random videoconverters, or am I being paranoid? Geoff CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isbell Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 You shouldn't WANT to edit in h.265. It's not an editing format. Convert to pro res or some other less compressed format that is intended for editing. Shoot compressed because of space issues. Edit less-compressed for smoother playback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 7, 2020 Administrators Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Jeffrey Isbell said: You shouldn't WANT to edit in h.265. It's not an editing format. Convert to pro res or some other less compressed format that is intended for editing. Shoot compressed because of space issues. Edit less-compressed for smoother playback. If you shoot ALL-I H.265, you lower the burden on the CPU vs the Long GOP IPB variety. H.265 is hardware accelerated by a good quality GPU. Also, with SSDs coming down in cost, that's an important ingredient in a fast system. H.265 saves you a lot of money over storing everything in ProRes too. I am not against editing it. But camera makers need to get real about offering the choice, internally - ProRes should be one of the options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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