H.265 vs AV1

What matters

Both codecs target higher efficiency than H.264 in appropriate settings.

AV1 can be attractive for modern web/delivery stacks but may require more compute depending on encoder.

Step-by-step

1. Step 1H.265 remains common where hardware decoder support is already established.
2. Step 2The right choice depends on your delivery targets, not just theoretical compression ratios.

Keep the workflow local

FastConvert is positioned as a local Windows media converter. The conversion itself is performed through FFmpeg on the machine rather than sending the media to a browser upload service.