Microsoft hevc video extensions install#

SUPPOSEDLY the latest version of Chrome will also play H.265/HEVC videos IF the CPU has a hardware codec for HEVC, without having to buy this app. This does in fact work with the latest version of Edge to play H.265 videos. This app SUPPOSEDLY will use a hardware decoder in the CPU if one is present, and if one is NOT present then it WILL decode using a software decoder that runs as a process in Windows. The OTHER codec is 'HEVC Video Extensions' This is a PAID app that costs 99 cents. It is NOT a license fee issue because the license fee for the HEVC codec would have already been paid by the CPU maker. I do not know if this is because they intended to break its compatibility with Edge or for some other reason. They finally removed all references to it from the Store.

Microsoft hevc video extensions install#

However, Microsoft discovered that people could install this on any computer regardless of the CPU by going to the Store. This app USED to be visible in the Microsoft Store. Only Media Player/Windows Media Player still can use it. However, it APPEARS that the latest versions of Edge - 1.56 as of this writing - are unable to use this codec. SUPPOSEDLY it also allowed for playing HEVC videos - such as 4k videos from Netflix - in the Edge web browser. The reason it was free is because - allegedly - it ONLY worked with CPU's that had the H.265/HEVC hardware codec in the CPU itself. It allows for playing of H.265 videos in Windows Media Player. If you have that on your system, then Windows Updates will automatically keep it updated to the latest version - as of this writing it's 1.0 It was included in some of the older earlier Windows 10/Windows 11 builds and installed automatically when those builds were installed on a new system that - apparently - had an Intel Kaby Lake or later CPU. The Device Manufacturer one is the original one. One is 'HEVC Video Extensions' and the other is 'HEVC from Device Manufacturer.'