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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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Deleted
Feb 21, 2020

MELERIX Thanks for reaching out! To confirm, are HEVC and/or HEIC supported on other Chromium browsers? (And I'm not asking as a way to imply that Microsoft Edge couldn't/wouldn't, but to determine what's within the realm of possibilities.)

 

Can you also tell us more about your use case for this and how it would improve your experience with the browser?

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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capslock
Copper Contributor
Aug 28, 2020

Deleted Do you know the latest about HEVC support? I have read elsewhere people getting it to work with playReady experimental flags, but I've had no such luck. Legacy Edge can play HEVC playready streams on my Windows 10 PC, but even the latest 86.0.615.3 is not being detected as supporting h265/hevc...

 

  • Ajedesign's avatar
    Ajedesign
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 19, 2020

    Still no support for HEVC H265?

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Nov 19, 2020
      Nope, which is sad
      i could really use it, but trying on latest version of canary that released today, still nothing
      Version 88.0.705.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
      • marcopurt's avatar
        marcopurt
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 24, 2021

        Does anybody know if there is an update to this topic? Like some experimental Flags, addons or something like this? And are there any plans to bring HEVC support to chromium-based Edge before the end of life of legacy based Edge?

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