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Now you can play HEVC files on any video player app using Microsoft’s Extension

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That's good to see.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2017/...-video-player-app-using-microsofts-extension/

Microsoft has today released a new extension app for playing HEVC video files on their Windows store. HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding) which is also known as H.265 is the latest video codec. This codec compresses the video files to about half the size possible of the current format the MPEG-4 (also known as H.264). Microsoft had earlier released a video extension for the MPEG2 video format for their Movies and TV app.

This extension is now available on Windows Store. This HEVC Video Extension will enable the Windows 10 compatible devices to play video using the HEVC format inside any app. The devices that are compatible are the likes of 7th Generation Intel Core processors and other modern GPUs. Note that if you are not using a compatible device there will be no effect on your Windows 10 video experience from this extension.

With both Windows 10 and High Sierra going HEVC native, and recent Intel, AMD, and nVidia chips including hardware HEVC decoding, there is going to be an explosion of HEVC adoption.
 
I thought HEVC was on its death bed, due to licensing cost / complexity, and AV1 was going to be the next "real thing"?

I mean, I applaud (I guess?) MS for allowing more people to make use of the existing HEVC content out there, but most online 4K content is on YouTube, and uses VP9.
 
VirtualLarry said:
I thought HEVC was on its death bed, due to licensing cost / complexity, and AV1 was going to be the next "real thing"?

I mean, I applaud (I guess?) MS for allowing more people to make use of the existing HEVC content out there, but most online 4K content is on YouTube, and uses VP9.
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Apple has gone whole hawg on HEVC.

Dunno what they worked out for licensing but all new Macs in 2017 (aside from the the MacBook Air line which is almost dead) have hardware support for it, along with top to bottom integration of it in the OS. This will go live in a few months when High Sierra is released.

Furthermore, all new iPhones as of the iPhone 7 series have hardware encode of 4k HEVC video. Even the pictures are no longer JPEGs. They are now HEIF/HEIC files, which are basically HEVC I-frames. Similar to macOS, iOS also gets top to bottom support for HEVC (and HEIC). This will also go live in a few months, when iOS 11 is released.

HEVC just got a huge shot in the arm from Apple and Microsoft.

As for VP9, it’s all still software decode on Macs, which is irritating. I dunno how much of this is Apple’s fault and how much is Google’s.
 
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