# Codecs: Wich Version supports H265 (HEVC)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Created:** [September 29, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929 "2020-09-29T08:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisKasten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/chriskasten/32/150_2.png) [@ChrisKasten](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ChrisKasten)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/1 "2020-09-29T08:45:31Z")
The title says it all… Which version of flame will support H265 (HEVC)? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![YannLaforest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c6cbf5/32.png) [@YannLaforest](https://forum.logik.tv/u/YannLaforest)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/2 "2020-09-29T11:40:52Z")
Hi Chris, Flame does not support H265 yet. There is no ETA we can share about when H265 will be supported in Flame at the moment. Best, Yann ---
**Author:** ![ChrisKasten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/chriskasten/32/150_2.png) [@ChrisKasten](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ChrisKasten)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/3 "2020-09-29T12:25:18Z")
Thx, Yann! ---
**Author:** ![Sonste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sonste](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sonste)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/4 "2022-04-11T12:06:35Z")
Are there any updates with this? Thx ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/5 "2022-04-14T10:28:30Z")
To be able to decode h.265 media files, you need MediaReactor plugin. See [drastic.tv](http://drastic.tv) for more details. ---
**Author:** ![Unclextacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/unclextacy/32/1632_2.png) [@Unclextacy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Unclextacy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/6 "2024-04-29T23:51:05Z")
Hello from 2024… Any update to this? The plugin is almost $500usd 👎 ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/7 "2024-04-30T00:00:11Z")
and basically un-maintained. ---
**Author:** ![Unclextacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/unclextacy/32/1632_2.png) [@Unclextacy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Unclextacy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/8 "2024-04-30T00:19:53Z")
I’m hoping Media Encoder will convert? ---
**Author:** ![Unclextacy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/unclextacy/32/1632_2.png) [@Unclextacy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Unclextacy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/9 "2024-04-30T00:55:29Z")
Confirming Media Encoder works perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/10 "2024-04-30T21:25:06Z")
I think shutter encoder works quite well also ---
**Author:** ![Dwklink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dwklink](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Dwklink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/11 "2024-09-13T16:03:36Z")
Sorry to hash up this old subject, but running into lack of support for HEVC files. Tried to install Drastic trial on Rocky 9.3 and it seems to be a no go. We have 30+ minute files so converting through Media Encoder isn’t ideal Anyone have any other good solutions? Otherwise might have to go into Premiere to cut up clips to use in Flame. Which is unfortunately when you need a $50 program to use a 4k one ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/12 "2024-09-13T16:30:32Z")
[FFMPEG](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.265) ---
**Author:** ![Dwklink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dwklink](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Dwklink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/13 "2024-09-13T16:45:00Z")
Thanks Phil! That would be a decode option outside of Flame, right? ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/14 "2024-09-13T16:46:25Z")
@Dwklink - Happy Friday Klink. You could write scripts to do this outside of flame. You could also write a python script to send these tasks to burn, and have the results show up in your flame libraries. ---
**Author:** ![Dwklink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dwklink](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Dwklink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/15 "2024-09-13T16:49:04Z")
thanks Phil. luckily we don’t have too many clips as of now to deal with. so we’re transcoding them as needed by hand. just seems like a waste of time, space, energy, etc etc. would be much easier if Flame could play them. or we could still pay for a way for flame to play them. ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/16 "2024-09-13T16:50:52Z")
@Dwklink - open a web browser and open microsoft copilot. Here’s a prompt that may get you a result: I am using rocky linux 9.3 and FFMPEG Write me a bash script that converts source\_file which is an HEVC movie, to target\_file which is a ProRes 4444 movie file. Ensure to retain the dimensions and frame rate from the source\_file. Test the result. If it checks out add another prompt: Modify my script to perform this operation on every HEVC file in this directory. Save. Run - and I don’t mean execute the script, I mean run, just run away, the job isn’t fun any more - find a new life in the off world colonies, your chance to begin again in a golden world of opportunity and adventure. Or go to Mars. Or recall - they’re having a halloween special. ---
**Author:** ![Dwklink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dwklink](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Dwklink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/17 "2024-09-13T17:11:05Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/9/9d7222c06882359fe5ea8c836b29aaa84045fd2c.jpeg) Wait you can do that?!? WT#? At least we can make use of the computers before they kill us all. ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/18 "2024-09-13T17:27:04Z")
@Dwklink - i know right? I thought large language models were for really useful, society changing stuff like “draw me a picture of an elephant, wearing a tiny hat, balancing a suitcase on it’s nose, while cycling on a tightrope over the grand canyon” But I was wrong - it’s more about genetic discovery, protein folding, and eliminating 5,000,000 software engineering jobs. Oh, and making full motion videos “of an elephant, wearing a tiny hat, balancing a suitcase on it’s nose, while cycling on a tightrope over the grand canyon” Words and pictures are so yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Dwklink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dwklink](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Dwklink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/19 "2024-09-13T17:32:27Z")
Slightly related… if you’re a podcast kinda guy, give this a listen: > **[Shell Game | Evan Ratliff | Substack](https://www.shellgame.co/podcast)** > > A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. In Season One, that thing is Evan’s voice. By creating a voice clone and hooking it up to an AI chatbot, Evan set out to discover what happens when you try to take... ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929/20 "2024-09-13T17:36:43Z")
@Dwklink - I always like the work of Neal Stephenson, particularly [The Diamond Age.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age) I’m swamped by podcasts - mostly about the recovery of the UK after being gaslit for the last 14 years, and about our upcoming elections here at home. I want to turn it all off and listen to Bootsy Collins or Beethoven. [Next page](https://forum.logik.tv/t/codecs-wich-version-supports-h265-hevc/929.md?page=2)