

Microsoft’s official codecs (Media Foundation) are required for some software, like DaVinci Resolve, to handle H.265 files. At this point in time, we’d recommend you use a trustworthy third-party media player like VLC - which comes with its own HEVC codecs included - if you’re just watching videos. How Do You Get HEVC Codecs on Windows 11? Update, 4/7/23: Microsoft has removed the free codecs from the Microsoft Store, and you can no longer use the older workaround to access them. Sadly, the codecs needed aren’t installed on Windows 11 by default - you’ll need to install them manually or use a third-party media player that comes packaged with them. Compressing video recorded on a cellphone allows you to record dozens or hundreds of hours of footage, whereas uncompressed or minimally compressed formats - like AVI - would only allow for a couple of hours of footage before your device’s storage was completely full. All newer Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad use HEVC to record video, and some Android devices, like the Pixel phones from Google, do as well. More cellphone manufacturers are adding support for HEVC, too. RELATED: What Is HEVC H.265 Video, and Why Is It So Important for 4K Movies? As an example, HEVC is used to compress the enormous files used in the movie editing process into something that can easily fit on a single Blu-Ray disk. It is useful for other things besides streaming services, though. and the videos play fine with little to no CPU utilization.HEVC is a compression algorithm - it takes large, uncompressed (or minimally compressed) video files and makes them much smaller with only a slight decrease in quality.Ĭompressing video files enables streaming services like Netflix or Hulu to send you video without completely bogging down your internet connection or blowing through your data cap. It does seem to be settings based however. BUT my CPU usage shot up to 100% and stayed there when decoding HEVC. I actually fixed this issue by turning off hardware acceleration. If you scroll down through those settings there are about four of them that are specifically for or about hardware decoding. and you will get a page full of experimental features, with their settings available. You will need to type in 'about:flags' into the url bar.

So stating that you have an aftermarket GPU ( not for sure if I got that or not- above ). ( I think ) it is what I use for the most part. My issue came from the fact that I have a factory GPU and rely on software decoding. I would also only try this if you have a GPU that can actually handle it but the browser is not allowing it.

I found something last night looking for something else. IF you are using Edge, there is something you could try.
