How to Upload H.265/HEVC to YouTube?

Convert H.265/HEVC to YouTube Preferable MP4 H.264 on Mac and Windows

October 7th, 2017 by Smile Harney

Overview

Many users have failed to upload H.265/HEVC videos to YouTube. Does YouTube support H.265/HEVC? If not, how can we successfully upload H.265/HEVC to YouTube? For both answers, you need to read the following article.

Does YouTube Support H.265/HEVC?

YouTube has not added the H.265/HEVC support yet and among all YouTube supported formats and codecs, MP4 H.264 is the preferable one.

How to Successfully Upload H.265/HEVC to YouTube for Uploading?

It is a very simple question and we only need to convert the unsupported H.265/HEVC to YouTube preferred MP4 H.264, and then the problem is done!

How to Convert H.265/HEVC to YouTube Preferred MP4 H.264?

Convert all unsupported H.265/HEVC files with MP4 format, MKV format, MOV format, AVI format, etc to YouTube preferred MP4 H.264.
Convert all other unsupported MKV, MTS, M2TS, RMVB, ASF, WTV, etc to YouTube supported video formats.
Convert any unsupported video format to Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, and other social websites supported video formats.
Convert any unsupported video format to iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, PSP, Zune, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, iMovie, FCP X, Sony Vegas and any other device or program supported video format.
Convert any video format to another one.
The built-in video editor has full ability to edit H.265/HEVC, H.264, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV, MKV, and other imported video files.

Guide on Converting H.265/HEVC to YouTube Preferable Video Format

The following guide will function to convert the unsupported H.265/HEVC, MKV, MTS, etc to YouTube supported video formats.

Free download the best MP4 to YouTube Converter (for Mac, for Windows), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

H.265/HEVC to YouTube Converter - iDealshare VideoGo

Step 1 Import H.265/HEVC

Clicking the "Add file" button or using the dragging and dropping function can allow users to easily import the unsupported H.265/HEVC to iDealshare VideoGo.

Convert H.265/HEVC to MP4 H.264

Step 2 Select YouTube compatible output video format

Select MP4 H.264 as your final output format by clicking "Profile" button >"General Video" category.

1.Select "H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.mp4)" from "General Video" category.

2.Select "YouTube H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" from the "Web Video" category.

3.Select "FLV" from the "Picture & Animation" category.

Step 3 Convert H.265/HEVC to YouTube

Finish your conversion from H.265/HEVC to YouTube preferred MP4 H.264 by finally clicking "Convert" button.

Note: to maker sure that the video your upload can yield the best quality, you also need to adjust your video framerate, aspect ration, video resolution, video bitrate, etc to YouTube recommended formatting specifications. You can check the YouTube formatting specifications at https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/4603579?hl=en.