Fast HEVC to MP4 Converter Free Download for Win 10/Mac

Learn how HandBrake works on changing (GoPro) HEVC encoded video to MP4 format for playback smoothly on devices or uploading online. Another faster HEVC to MP4 converter is also shared.

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), also known as H.265, is a video compression standard with .mkv or .mp4 file extension. Although lauded as the next-gen of video compression, HEVC is still not adopted by many tech gangsters for high licensing fee. Thus many players and devices cannot afford to play HEVC at all. That's why the HEVC converter is much needed to convert HEVC to MP4, the most prevailing video format in multimedia world. While MP4, as a video container, can be the product of several codecs - H.265/HEVC, H.264, MPEG4 and MPEG2. That's to say, to convert HEVC to MP4, there are precisely 2 situations:

1. Convert HEVC MP4 to H.264/MPEG4/MPEG2 MP4
2. Convert HEVC MKV to H.265/H.264/MPEG4/MPEG2 MP4

With 4K movies starting to emerge, I've been wanting to convert some 2160p .mkv films to .mp4, since that's the only format my TV will play via USB. - Quoted from forum

Free HEVC to MP4 Converter - HandBrake Free Download & Guide

Can any free HEVC to MP4 converter be qualified to do all of those conversions on PC or Mac? Open-sourced video transcoder HandBrake is the answer. Here we take representative transferring 4K HEVC MKV to H.264 MP4 with HandBrake on Windows for example:

(HandBrake OS: Windows 7 to 10 64 bit & Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.14 Intel 64bit)

1. Open source H.265 MKV file into HandBrake by clicking "Open Source" -> "File";

2. Choose "MP4" container at output setting area and select "H.264 (x264)/(Intel QSV)" video codec in the following part, where many other settings about the MP4 video are listed clearly such as frame rate, picture resolution, audio tracks, subtitles, and chapters (designed for ripping DVDs).
>> How to Convert H.264 4K to HEVC 4K | Convert HEVC 4K to H.264 4K

Note 1: H.264 (Intel QSV) is the only option with hardware acceleration, which means the other codecs - H.265 (X265), H.264 (X264), MPEG4 and MPEG2 are not accelerated.
Note 2: Some of you may find that the picture width * height can not be set above 1920 * 1080. Well, that's because the default option under the right "Presets" is "Fast 1080p30", and only after resetting it into "Legacy" -> "Normal" can you adjust the resolution at will.

3. Click "Browse" to choose a destination to save the encoded MP4 file, and it's a must-do to type the output file name.

4. Press "Start Encode" icon to begin the HEVC to MP4 (H.264) transcoding at once.

Looking for A Faster HEVC to MP4 Converter than HandBrake?

VideoProc arrives in time for the following reasons:

• The first to reach level-3 hardware acceleration, speeding up HEVC video conversion to the maximum;
• Both CPU and GPU hardware encoders accessible - Intel QSV and Nvidia CUDA/NVENC;
• 100% stable conversion process guaranteed, especially for the HD & UHD video converting;
• More productive than HandBrake which can make HEVC to AVI, WMV, WebM, 3GP, DVD etc.
• Compatible with Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (32 & 64 bit) & macOS 10.6 - 10.14

For Windows and Mac only. If you are a mobile user, please click here.

With cleaner and easier UI, this HD video converter would perform surprisingly gliding even at the green hands. Let's firstly free download it, do a quick installing on Windows PC and then go ahead as below:

1. Open HEVC file in software. Click "+ Video", browse and selection HEVC file(s) and click "Open".

2. Set MP4 as target format. Click "Video" tab on the bottom of the interface and select "MP4 H.264" or "MP4 MPEG4" as the output format. If you want to keep HEVC codec but get a MP4 output, simply choose "MP4 HEVC". The output will be in MP4 file format encoded with HEVC.

To the newcomers who just convert HEVC to MP4 for playback on specific device, e.g iPhone Xs/Xs Max, iPad/Pro, Apple TV, Samsung Galaxy/S8, Sony PSP and Chromecast, please click Target Format button to get access to Device Profiles.

3. Optional settings for MP4. Several advanced features are provided to output MP4 as you prefer, like adjusting MP4 video parameters, editing MP4 videos and configure the output saving location.

4. Start HEVC to MP4 conversion. Click "RUN" to run the conversion and wait for the HEVC file(s) to be transferred into MP4.

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