High Efficiency or Most Compatible for iPhone 7
geronimo
Website User Posts: 2 Just Starting Out
Hey guys!
I'm planning on using my iPhone 7 for shooting some simple vlogs which I'll edit on Hitfilm express on a PC. I understand that HEVC is leaner on storage but I was wondering if it affects quality when importing to hitfilm.
Also, would either of these be better for transcoding?
Cheers!
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triforcefx
United StatesModerator, Website User Posts: 1,120 Moderator
@geronimo Well this might make your choice easy:
High efficiency/HEVC/H.265 is NOT compatible with HitFilm. If you use it, you’ll have to transcode no matter what.
Most Compatible/H.264 will mostly work with HitFilm right out of the box.
HOWEVER...
No matter which option you choose, iPhone will always record in Variable Frame Rate, which HitFilm (and most video editing software) hates. This can cause weird issues like audio de-sync, and it runs slow in HitFilm too. You’ll probably want to transcode anyway, in which case maybe you should record in High Efficiency just to save space on the initial recording.
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Okay, I'll stick with the High Efficiency setting. Looks like I'm going to need to figure out how to use VirtualDub...
Thanks for the insight, @triforcefx!
@geronimo To explain transcoding this very detailed video by Triem23 has everything:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqhl0mRuTng
and this one by NormanPCN, I believe, adds to that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0cLR_xDtvY
If you open the Hitfilm University link in Youtube there are timecodes under Show More to jump you to the parts you want around 19:33 minutes. Hope this helps you along and you find it useful.