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MELERIX
Feb 17, 2020Brass Contributor
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...
capslock
Aug 28, 2020Copper Contributor
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
Nov 19, 2020Copper Contributor
Still no support for HEVC H265?
- HotCakeXNov 19, 2020MVPNope, 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)- marcopurtJan 24, 2021Copper Contributor
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?
- HotCakeXJan 25, 2021MVPTechnically Edge already supports HEVC, but it's kinda broken
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/hevc-video-decoding-broken-with-b-frames/m-p/2077247