Changing HEVC level without re-encoding
I have a video sample below. It has a bit rate that is below the high tier maximum for L5 but it was encoded at L5.1 and won't play on certain devices.
Is there a way to edit the metadata to lower the level without re-encoding?
General
Complete name : test.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size : 39.8 MiB
Duration : 30 s 315 ms
Overall bit rate : 11.0 Mb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.22.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 30 s 97 ms
Bit rate : 10.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.043
Stream size : 38.3 MiB (96%)
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I have a video sample below. It has a bit rate that is below the high tier maximum for L5 but it was encoded at L5.1 and won't play on certain devices.
Is there a way to edit the metadata to lower the level without re-encoding?
General
Complete name : test.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size : 39.8 MiB
Duration : 30 s 315 ms
Overall bit rate : 11.0 Mb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.22.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 30 s 97 ms
Bit rate : 10.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.043
Stream size : 38.3 MiB (96%)
hevc
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I have a video sample below. It has a bit rate that is below the high tier maximum for L5 but it was encoded at L5.1 and won't play on certain devices.
Is there a way to edit the metadata to lower the level without re-encoding?
General
Complete name : test.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size : 39.8 MiB
Duration : 30 s 315 ms
Overall bit rate : 11.0 Mb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.22.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 30 s 97 ms
Bit rate : 10.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.043
Stream size : 38.3 MiB (96%)
hevc
I have a video sample below. It has a bit rate that is below the high tier maximum for L5 but it was encoded at L5.1 and won't play on certain devices.
Is there a way to edit the metadata to lower the level without re-encoding?
General
Complete name : test.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size : 39.8 MiB
Duration : 30 s 315 ms
Overall bit rate : 11.0 Mb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.22.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 30 s 97 ms
Bit rate : 10.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.043
Stream size : 38.3 MiB (96%)
hevc
hevc
asked Nov 15 '18 at 4:02
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