Encode video to HEVC

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2, is a video compression standard, one of several potential successors to the widely used AVC (H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10). In comparison to AVC, HEVC offers about double the data compression ratio at the same level of video quality, or substantially improved video quality at the same bit rate. It supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD.

In most ways, HEVC is an extension of the concepts in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Both work by comparing different parts of a frame of video to find areas that are redundant, both within a single frame as well as subsequent frames. These redundant areas are then replaced with a short description instead of the original pixels. The primary changes for HEVC include the expansion of the pattern comparison and difference-coding areas from 16×16 pixel to sizes up to 64×64, improved variable-block-size segmentation, improved "intra" prediction within the same picture, improved motion vector prediction and motion region merging, improved motion compensation filtering, and an additional filtering step called sample-adaptive offset filtering. Effective use of these improvements requires much more signal processing capability for compressing the video, but has less impact on the amount of computation needed for decompression.

At Transloadit you can encode to HEVC using one of our encoding presets which will automatically set all required FFmpeg parameters.

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Step 1: Handle uploads

We can handle uploads of your users directly. Learn more ›

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surf.mp4

MPEG-4 video – 32 MB
22s · 1280 × 720

":original": {
  "robot": "/upload/handle"
}

🤖/upload/handle

This bot receives uploads that your users throw at you from browser or apps, or that you throw at us programmatically

Step 2: Transcode videos to HEVC (H.265)

We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos. Learn more ›

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surf-0.mp4

MPEG-4 video – 3.5 MB
22s · 1280 × 720

"hevc_encoded": {
  "use": ":original",
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "result": true,
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
  "preset": "hevc",
  "turbo": true
}

🤖/video/encode

This bot encodes, resizes, applies watermarks to videos and animated GIFs

Step 3: Export files to Amazon S3

We export to the storage platform of your choice. Learn more ›

:original

demos.transloadit.com/e4/add4684fb44bfaa6eb5b76c7edbff5/surf.mp4

hevc_encoded

demos.transloadit.com/f0/b7335ef38a4a7ba1513649d0cdc1ef/surf.mp4

Once all files have been exported, we can ping a URL of your choice with the Assembly status JSON.

"exported": {
  "use": [
    "hevc_encoded",
    ":original"
  ],
  "robot": "/s3/store",
  "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
  "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}

🤖/s3/store

This bot exports encoding results to Amazon S3

Since this is a store Robot, be sure to use Template Credentials so that any sensitive data is encrypted and stored in our database, making sure that they’re never exposed to any end-user.

Live Demo. See for yourself

This live demo is powered by Uppy, our open source file uploader that you can also use without Transloadit, andtus, our open protocol for resumable file uploads that is making uploading more reliable across the world.

Build this in your own language

{
  "steps": {
    ":original": {
      "robot": "/upload/handle"
    },
    "hevc_encoded": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "preset": "hevc",
      "turbo": true
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}

# Prerequisites: brew install curl jq || sudo apt install curl jq
# To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication
echo '{
  "template_id": undefined,
  "auth": {
    "key": "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
  },
  "steps": {
    ":original": {
      "robot": "/upload/handle"
    },
    "hevc_encoded": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "preset": "hevc",
      "turbo": true
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}' | curl \\
    --request POST \\
    --form 'params=<-' \\
    --form myfile1=@./surf.mp4 \\
    https://api2.transloadit.com/assemblies | jq

Read docs: cURL

// Install via Swift Package Manager:
// dependencies: [
//   .package(url: "https://github.com/transloadit/TransloaditKit", .upToNextMajor(from: "3.0.0"))
// ]

// Or via CocoaPods:
// pod 'Transloadit', '~> 3.0.0'

// Auth
let credentials = Credentials(key: "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY")

// Init
let transloadit = Transloadit(credentials: credentials, session: "URLSession.shared")

// Add files to upload
let filesToUpload: [URL] = ...

// Execute
let assembly = transloadit.assembly(steps: [_originalStep, hevc_encodedStep, exportedStep], andUpload: filesToUpload) { result in
  switch result {
  case .success(let assembly):
    print("Retrieved (assembly)")
  case .failure(let error):
    print("Assembly error (error)")
  }
}.pollAssemblyStatus { result in
  switch result {
  case .success(let assemblyStatus):
    print("Received assemblystatus (assemblyStatus)")
  case .failure(let error):
    print("Caught polling error (error)")
  }

Read docs: TransloaditKit

<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
  href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.3.0/uppy.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
  import {
    Uppy,
    Dashboard,
    ImageEditor,
    RemoteSources,
    Transloadit,
  } from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.3.0/uppy.min.mjs'
  const uppy = new Uppy()
    .use(Transloadit, {
      waitForEncoding: true,
      alwaysRunAssembly: true,
      assemblyOptions: {
        params: {
          // To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication:
          // https://transloadit.com/docs/topics/signature-authentication/
          auth: {
            key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
          },
          // It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
          // and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
          steps: {
            ':original': {
              robot: '/upload/handle',
            },
            hevc_encoded: {
              use: ':original',
              robot: '/video/encode',
              result: true,
              ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
              preset: 'hevc',
              turbo: true,
            },
            exported: {
              use: ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
              robot: '/s3/store',
              credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
              url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
            },
          },
        },
      },
    })
    .use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
    .use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
    .use(RemoteSources, {
      companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
    })
    .on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
      // Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
      // Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
      console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
      transloadit.forEach((assembly) => {
        console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
      })
    })
    .on('error', (error) => {
      console.error(error)
    })
</script>

Read docs: Uppy File Uploader

// yarn add transloadit || npm i transloadit

// Import
const Transloadit = require('transloadit')

const main = async () => {
  // Init
  const transloadit = new Transloadit({
    authKey: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
    authSecret: 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET',
  })

  // Set Encoding Instructions
  const options = {
    files: {
      myfile_1: './surf.mp4',
    },
    params: {
      steps: {
        ':original': {
          robot: '/upload/handle',
        },
        hevc_encoded: {
          use: ':original',
          robot: '/video/encode',
          result: true,
          ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
          preset: 'hevc',
          turbo: true,
        },
        exported: {
          use: ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
          robot: '/s3/store',
          credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
          url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
        },
      },
    },
  }

  // Execute
  const result = await transloadit.createAssembly(options)

  // Show results
  console.log({ result })
}

main().catch(console.error)

Read docs: Node SDK

# [sudo] npm install transloadify -g

# Auth
export TRANSLOADIT_KEY="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"

# Save Encoding Instructions
echo '{
  "steps": {
    ":original": {
      "robot": "/upload/handle"
    },
    "hevc_encoded": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "preset": "hevc",
      "turbo": true
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}' > ./steps.json

# Execute
transloadify \
  --input "surf.mp4" \
  --steps "./steps.json" \
  --output "./output.example"

Read docs: Transloadify

// composer require transloadit/php-sdk
use transloadit\Transloadit;

$transloadit = new Transloadit([
  "key" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
  "secret" => "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET",
]);

// Start the Assembly
$response = $transloadit->createAssembly([
  "files" => ["surf.mp4"],
  "params" => [
    "steps" => [
      ":original" => [
        "robot" => "/upload/handle",
      ],
      "hevc_encoded" => [
        "use" => ":original",
        "robot" => "/video/encode",
        "result" => true,
        "ffmpeg_stack" => "v6.0.0",
        "preset" => "hevc",
        "turbo" => true,
      ],
      "exported" => [
        "use" => ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
        "robot" => "/s3/store",
        "credentials" => "demo_s3_credentials",
        "url_prefix" => "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
      ],
    ],
  ],
]);

Read docs: PHP SDK

# gem install transloadit

# $ irb -rubygems
# >> require 'transloadit'
# => true

transloadit = Transloadit.new([
  :key => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
])

# Set Encoding Instructions
_original = transloadit.step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})

hevc_encoded = transloadit.step("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", [
  :use => ":original",
  :result => true,
  :ffmpeg_stack => "v6.0.0",
  :preset => "hevc",
  :turbo => true
])

exported = transloadit.step("exported", "/s3/store", [
  :use => ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
  :credentials => "demo_s3_credentials",
  :url_prefix => "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
])

transloadit.assembly([
  :steps => [_original, hevc_encoded, exported]
])

# Add files to upload
files = []
files.push("surf.mp4")

# Start the Assembly
response = assembly.create! *files

until response.finished?
  sleep 1; response.reload!
end

if !response.error?
  # handle success
end

Read docs: Ruby SDK

# pip install pytransloadit
from transloadit import client

tl = client.Transloadit('YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY', 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET')
assembly = tl.new_assembly()

# Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.add_step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})

assembly.add_step("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", {
  'use': ':original',
  'result': True,
  'ffmpeg_stack': 'v6.0.0',
  'preset': 'hevc',
  'turbo': True
})

assembly.add_step("exported", "/s3/store", {
  'use': ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
  'credentials': 'demo_s3_credentials',
  'url_prefix': 'https://demos.transloadit.com/'
})

# Add files to upload
assembly.add_file(open('surf.mp4', 'rb'))

# Start the Assembly
assembly_response = assembly.create(retries=5, wait=True)

print(assembly_response.data.get('assembly_ssl_url'))
# or:
print(assembly_response.data['assembly_ssl_url'])

Read docs: Python SDK

// go get gopkg.in/transloadit/go-sdk.v1
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "github.com/transloadit/go-sdk"
)

func main() {
  // Create client
  options := transloadit.DefaultConfig
  options.AuthKey = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
  options.AuthSecret = "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
  client := transloadit.NewClient(options)
  
  // Initialize new Assembly
  assembly := transloadit.NewAssembly()
  
  // Set Encoding Instructions
  assembly.AddStep(":original", map[string]interface{}{
    "robot": "/upload/handle",
  })
  
  assembly.AddStep("hevc_encoded", map[string]interface{}{
    "use": ":original",
    "robot": "/video/encode",
    "result": true,
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
    "preset": "hevc",
    "turbo": true,
  })
  
  assembly.AddStep("exported", map[string]interface{}{
    "use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
    "robot": "/s3/store",
    "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
    "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
  })
  
  // Add files to upload
  assembly.AddFile("surf.mp4"))
  
  // Start the Assembly
  info, err := client.StartAssembly(context.Background(), assembly)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  
  // All files have now been uploaded and the Assembly has started but no
  // results are available yet since the conversion has not finished.
  // WaitForAssembly provides functionality for polling until the Assembly
  // has ended.
  info, err = client.WaitForAssembly(context.Background(), info)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  
  fmt.Printf("You can check some results at: ")
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results[":original"][0].SSLURL)
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results["hevc_encoded"][0].SSLURL)
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results["exported"][0].SSLURL)
}

Read docs: Go SDK

// implementation 'com.transloadit.sdk:transloadit:1.0.0'

import com.transloadit.sdk.Assembly;
import com.transloadit.sdk.Transloadit;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.LocalOperationException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.RequestException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.response.AssemblyResponse;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Initialize the Transloadit client
    Transloadit transloadit = new Transloadit("YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET");
    
    Assembly assembly = transloadit.newAssembly();
    
    // Set Encoding Instructions
    Map<String, Object> _originalStepOptions = new HashMap();
    assembly.addStep(":original", "/upload/handle", _originalStepOptions);
    
    Map<String, Object> hevc_encodedStepOptions = new HashMap();
    hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
    hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("result", true);
    hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v6.0.0");
    hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("preset", "hevc");
    hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("turbo", true);
    assembly.addStep("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", hevc_encodedStepOptions);
    
    Map<String, Object> exportedStepOptions = new HashMap();
    exportedStepOptions.put("use", new String[] { "hevc_encoded", ":original" });
    exportedStepOptions.put("credentials", "demo_s3_credentials");
    exportedStepOptions.put("url_prefix", "https://demos.transloadit.com/");
    assembly.addStep("exported", "/s3/store", exportedStepOptions);
    
    // Add files to upload
    assembly.addFile(new File("surf.mp4"));
    
    // Start the Assembly
    try {
      AssemblyResponse response = assembly.save();
    
      // Wait for Assembly to finish executing
      while (!response.isFinished()) {
        response = transloadit.getAssemblyByUrl(response.getSslUrl());
      }
    
      System.out.println(response.getId());
      System.out.println(response.getUrl());
      System.out.println(response.json());
    } catch (RequestException | LocalOperationException e) {
      // Handle exception here
    }
  }
}

Read docs: Java SDK

So many ways to integrate

Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. As a developer, there are many ways you can put us to good use.

Bulk imports

Add one of our import Robots to acquire and transcode massive media libraries.
Handling uploads

We are the experts at reliably handling uploads. We wrote the protocol for it.
Front-end integration

We integrate with web browsers via our next-gen file uploader Uppy and SDKs for Android and iOS.
Back-end integration

Send us batch jobs in any server language using one of our SDKs or directly interfacing with our REST API.
Pingbacks

Configure a notify_url to let your server receive transcoding results JSON in the transloadit POST field.

We are a Swiss Army knife for your files

Encode video to HEVC

Step 1: Handle uploads

Step 2: Transcode videos to HEVC (H.265)

Step 3: Export files to Amazon S3

Live Demo. See for yourself

Build this in your own language

So many ways to integrate

Bulk imports

Handling uploads

Front-end integration

Back-end integration

Pingbacks

Other cool demos

We are a Swiss Army knife for your files

Encode video to HEVC

Step 1: Handle uploads

Step 2: Transcode videos to HEVC (H.265)

Step 3: Export files to Amazon S3

Live Demo. See for yourself

Build this in your own language

So many ways to integrate

Bulk imports

Handling uploads

Front-end integration

Back-end integration

Pingbacks

Other cool demos

Ready to integrate?