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MELERIX
Brass Contributor
Feb 17, 2020

Why the new Edge does not support HEVC or HEIC content from websites ?

currently in the new Edge its not possible to play videos in HEVC format, neither watch pictures in HEIC format. NOTE: I have both extensions (for HEVC and for HEIC) from store already installed but...
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MELERIX
Brass Contributor
Feb 17, 2020
Stable.
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Rohit Yadav
Bronze Contributor
Feb 17, 2020
It is available in the Insider channels. Will make way to the Stable release soon.
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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Feb 19, 2020

    Rohit Yadav 

    Rohit Yadav wrote:
    It is available in the Insider channels. Will make way to the Stable release soon.

    Which Edge insider channel has it?

    source?

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      Rohit Yadav
      Bronze Contributor
      Feb 19, 2020

      HotCakeX Hi,

      I came across a previous thread in the forum itself, where somebody mentioned that it was working in some Canary build of v81. Though the result from html5test.com still shows H.265 as unsupported.

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        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Feb 19, 2020
        Yup, first time i asked for H.265 support was a long time ago, around version 77/78 canary. still hasn't been implemented.

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