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Drop one HEVC or two hundred. Batch conversion is not a paid feature here.
A phone or a modern camera recorded in HEVC to save space, and an older laptop, editor or upload form will not decode it.
The HEVC stream is decoded and re-encoded as H.264 inside MP4. Compatibility goes up, and the file typically grows by 30 to 50 percent because H.264 needs more bits for the same quality.
The size increase is the whole trade. HEVC exists specifically to store the same picture in fewer bits, so converting to H.264 for compatibility always costs disk space, and doing it repeatedly costs quality on top.
HEVC carries patent licensing obligations. Microsoft ships the codec as a paid extension, where H.264 licensing is already covered.
Yes, if the target device can decode HEVC. That is a fast stream copy rather than a transcode.
Drop one HEVC or two hundred. Batch conversion is not a paid feature here.
MPEG-4 Video is lossy, so the quality control decides the trade between size and fidelity.
Converted and deleted the moment it finishes. Never written to permanent storage.