Best H.265 Encoding Settings with StaxRip

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StaxRip is a video encoding app for Windows with a unrivaled feature set and usability. It offers rapid x265 video encoding by using Nvidia GPU hard-ware encoding acceleration. The prerequisite is that you happen to have a Nvidia Graphic card from the GeForce 900 series or later, you can then utilize your GPU’s dedicated HEVC encoding block to transcode video into HEVC significantly faster than those using CPU power.

What is Nvidia GPU?

NVIDIA GPUs – beginning with the Kepler generation – contain a hardware-based encoder (referred to as NVENC) which provides fully-accelerated hardware-based video encoding and is independent of graphics performance. With complete encoding (which is computationally complex) offloaded to NVENC, the graphics engine and the CPU are free for other operations.

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Best settings to encode H.265 with StaxRip by using Nvidia GPU

Have no idea how to better encode H.265 with StaxRip and wish to find a detailed step by step guide, the following part will show you the best settings when encode H.265 with StaxRip with good quality and smaller file size.

Step 1: Download the latest version of StaxRip 1.4.0.0 64-bit.

Step 2: Drag the source file into the program.

Launch the program on your computer, drag your source file into the “Source” box of the program, click Automatic in the pop-up window, and then click okay. The program will then briefly demux the file to prepare for encoding. After successfull loading the file, define a target folder on your computer for saving the encoded H.265 file.

Step 3: Change output video encoder.

Navigate to the x264 text, from its drop-down list options, choose “NVIDIA H.265” option.

Step 4: Change H.265 encode mode.

Click the “Encoder Options” under the Nvidia H.265 header, change the mode to CQP and leave other values at their defaults.

Optional: You can alternatively select VBR if you don’t want to output the CQP mode. When you streaming 1080p file, a CQP mode with at least 2500 kbps is a better choice. If you wish to experience with bitrates rather than quality selections, VBR is the mode for you.

Step 5: Adjust audio settings for H.265.

After choosing CQP mode, or optionally VBR, go back to the main interface of StaxRip. From there, click on the “Edit” text next to the audio box, the default setting will be”AAC VBR 2.0 ~115 Kbps”. From its drop-down option, choose AC3 as a codec with 6 channels and a quality of 256 kbps. Also, uncheck the normalize box. Again, you can play around with these settings to adjust the audio delivered with your video.

Step 6: Start H.265 best settings encoding StaxRip.

After all setting is completed, click next to begin the H.265 encoding process. The encoding will complete itself and notify you in the log screen that appears.

Best tool to encode H.265 with StaxRip alternative

For some beginners, the intimidating interface and complicated settings of StaxRip may be a great challenge for you. Looking for a powerful yet simple to use application to fast encode H.265 with Nvidia GPU encoding acceleration? The good news is that here comes Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, which is very use to use with a friendly and easy to navigate interface, no matter experienced users or fresh can handle it very well. The program allows you to encode various different media types including commercial Blu-ray/DVD disc, digital video with virtually any file formats to 4K/HD H.265 codec with the container file format of MP4, MKV with up to 30x faster encoding speed. Make sure to run your Windows computer on a Maxwell (GM206) or Pascal based Graphic card that supports Nvidia NVENC encoding for H.265 codec.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is available for Windows 10/8.1/8/7, in addition, it also keeps constant update with perfect support for the new Windows OS.

How to Fast Encode H.265 with Nvidia GPU Acceleration by Using Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate?

Step 1: Import video or load Blu-ray/DVD disc into the program.

Start the program on your computer, click “File” > “Add Video/Audio” to import digital file formats into the program, for loading Blu-ray or DVD disc, insert your DVD disc into your computer’s optical drive and your Blu-ray disc into an external Blu-ray drive, click “File” > “Load from Disc” to load Blu-ray/DVD disc into the program.

Step 2: Output H.265 MP4 or MKV format.

Click “Format” drop-down bar, scroll down to select “Common Video” > “H.265 Video(*.MP4)” as the output file format.

For outputting H.265 MKV format, select “HD Video” > “MKV HD Video(*.mp4)” to output, then hit “Settings” on the main interface to open “Profile Settings” window, under Video settings panel, click “Codec” drop-down selection, choose “H.265” as your final output file codec.

Step 3: Enable GPU Encode Acceleration.

Click “Tools” > “Options”, in the opened “Options” window, click “Acceleration” menu, then check “Enable GPU Encode Acceleration” otpion so that the program will accelerate conversion speed when encoding video/Blu-ray/DVD to H.265/HEVC codec.

Step 4: Begin the H.265/HECV codec encoding process.

After all settings is completed, hit right-bottom “Convert” button to begin the conversion from video/Blu-ray/DVD to H.265/HEVC encoding process.

When the conversion is completed, you will get a perfect quality H.265/HEVC file with smaller file size for smoothly viewing and streaming on different devices.