Support for HEVC / Netflix 4K

[CZvasam]

Hi,

I wanted to ask if there are any plans for adding HEVC support to the new Chromium-based Edge. HEVC is e.g. required for playing Netflix in 4K which currently doesn't seem to work with the new Edge (tried all available channels - stable, beta, dev, canary). With "legacy" Edge that supported HEVC, Netflix worked in 4K without any problem for me.

[#2]

That's right, Edge legacy supported these features that the new Chromium based Edge

even the latest Version 81.0.403.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit), doesn't support them.

• MPEG-4 ASP support
• H.265 support
• Dynamic Adaptive Streaming / MPEG-DASH
• HTTP Live Streaming / HLS

[#3]

@HotCakeX Thanks for the confirmation. It's a bit shame that something that's being rolled out as a replacement for old legacy Edge drops one of its best features. Feels like a downgrade. More over when it's actually advertised on the official website - "Experience 4K streaming".

Do you know if there are any plans for adding it in the future? It must be technically possible - the beta version around November actually supported HEVC.

[#4]

It did? it must have been version 78 or 79 at that time. doesn't make sense that it's now removed in version 81.

well the top feedback list is here: https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback
I don't see anything about it in it
you can send feedbacks through browser as well to emphasize

[#5]

@CZvasam hi, what's the actual problem you have?

I just did a quick test; put my Netflix playback settings on the highest quality, searched for 4K on Netflix and started a movie.

It plays on my 2nd screen 1440p and my primary screen (iMac) which is a 4K.

[#6 · Accepted solution]

@Iengelen I've just checked it and you're correct! It seems they fixed that literately today in the Canary channel (doesn't still work in Beta). I don't know what's happening but let's hope it'll stay that way.

When 4K doesn't work it streams AVC instead of HEVC and only 1080p. You can easily check that in A/V Stats (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D).

[#7]

@CZvasam Glad to hear it! Let us know if you see the issue again in Canary.

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

[#8]

@CZvasam thx for the information and the key combination

on Mac it works with Control - Option - Shift - D