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MELERIX
Brass Contributor
Feb 16, 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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Anonymous
Feb 21, 2020

Rohit Yadav MELERIX HotCakeX 

I spoke with one of our devs, and they wanted to know what devices y'all have tried this on? Theoretically, you may actually already be able to see support for HEVC in Microsft Edge if your machine supports PlayReady content.

 

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

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HotCakeX
MVP
Feb 21, 2020

Thank you very much,
I mainly use Windows 10.
I want to be able to play HEVC/H.265 video files that are in MKV video container (most popular video container these days). video files I want to watch are hosted on web servers and also in web-based video players.

could you ask them if it's possible? this would mean a lot to me and makes my life a lot easier for real!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Feb 21, 2020

    HotCakeX  Thanks for the reply. To clarify: we would need to know specifically what kind of hardware you're using, since playing videos off of websites usually requires hardware that supports PlayReady (and if you also haven't disabled the edge://flags/#edge-playready-drm-win10 flag). 

     

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

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Feb 21, 2020

      My CPU is I7 7700K, installed all the drivers, using IGPU that is built into the CPU and graphic drivers for it installed as well.
      the flag was set to default but now I enabled it manually just to be sure.
      I'm using latest Edge canary on latest Windows 10 insider ring.
      when I try to play a HEVC MKV file on Edge, it starts downloading the file instead of playing it.

      • Rohit Yadav's avatar
        Rohit Yadav
        Bronze Contributor
        Feb 21, 2020

        Using the test site which you provided in the thread above, I was able to watch the HEVC video by using the video link from the HTML source & it was playing perfectly (opened it in another tab). However the player detects the video as WebM video.

        Also for the PlayReady DRM check, I checked on http://playready.azurewebsites.net/Home/TestPlayer The videos played right. Am I going the wrong way? Can you please assist over here?

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