Re: Vlc Hevc Windows 10
Indira Rossetto
The emby theater client that can be downloaded from the website does direct play hevc, but it can't handle scaling in windows and looks absolutely awful. The emby theater client available in the Microsoft Store is more compatible with Windows but it does not direct play hevc.
Thanks for the quick replies!
After buying(!) the "HEVC for video extensions" the Emby theater app available from the Microsoft Store does direct play HEVC. So happy days, my problem is resolved
Microsoft's "HEVC for video extensions" can be purchased from the Microsoft Store here:
My issues with the Emby Theater app available to download from the website was mainly that it isn't compatible out of the box with Windows scaling, with everything that entails. I don't have it installed anymore so can't easily provide screenshots. Not sure if it was connected to the scaling but it did not seem to be able to run in full screen (I could see the desktop around the edges of the expanded window). Not a big issues when browsing the library, but simply not OK when viewing media.
Premier elements is installed in windows 11 PC. I have installed HEVC video extension app. I have deleted the cache files. But premier elements is still unable to import an HEVC format media file. The Premiere elements 2021 is version 19.0.
If you are here to slam Adobe, you certainly have the right to do that. However, I have no trouble with HEVC/H.265 footage in Premiere Elements on my Windows 11 computer. I did have to install the correct codec from Microsoft.
I have installed the Microsoft paid for HEVC video extension app. I have deleted the cache files. But premier elements is still unable to import an HEVC format media file. The Premiere elements 2021 is version 19.0.
It has been many months since I installed the HEVC codec on my Windows computer. Microsoft offered two. One was free. The other was $0.99. The free one did not work. It is for another purpose. The paid for codec does work. In my case, I created a problem for myself because the free HEVC codec set up my computer to block the installation of the dollar codec.
Hi folks - I've not got a solution for this. I've been in direct contact with Adobe support - I have tried premiere 2022 and that still has the same problem. As I said Films & Tv, the photo app and vlc all can display the video. I sent the video to adobe support. Adobe support have gone quiet - no response after my saying 2022 didn't work and sending them the video. Rather disappointing
If you could share that clip via DropBox or similar, I would be happy to try it on my computer. It could determine if it is Premiere Elements not working, the clip being faulty or perhaps something with your computer.
In the meantime, consider changing the settings on you iPhone. I don't have one, but I think there is a "most compatible" setting for video files. The files will be a little larger but the quality will be the same and they will be easier for any editing system to use.
Because our TV and computer screens have evolved to a 16x9 aspect ratio, that is a common standard. Because it has been in use for a long time, the H.264 codec is another common standard. (I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is free to use as a "public domain" standard.) All video systems for shooting, editing and play back will work well with an H.264 codec in an MP4 container file. Also important is use of a constant, not variable frame rate.
In this forum, three video capture devices that have "special needs" can use something else. It can be file size, ultra slow motion or low processor demand. The usual difficult devices are iPhones, GoPro cameras and screen capture programs. Users of those do show up here looking for solutions. iPhones and GoPros can be set to universal standards for most needs.
I did spend the ninety-nine cents. My only source of HEVC is my Android phone and it works. A few users here have shared iPhone and GoPro HEVC footage and most have worked OK in Premiere Elements 2021 and 2022. A few have not and I think it was because of high frame rates.
Of course they should, Ann. But, they don't. My personal dream is that, one day, Adobe can do something for videography like they do for photography. The $10 USD very successful Photographers plan has Photoshop, a few versions of Lightroom and a portfolio system. For videographers it is Elements vs Pro and maybe Rush. Pro is twice the monthly money and leaves out Audition and After Effects. Elements is missing audio sync and multi camera.
I copied a bunch of video from my iPhone onto my windows machine. Straight away I tried to playback using the default Windows media player. To my surprise I started getting audio sync issues. I opened DR to see if I could use hardware acceleration to playback the files. Same issue there. I spent hours searching the internet to try and figure out what the problem was. I looked through hundreds of posts on Reddit and the Blackmagic forums to see if there was any special settings/configuration that I was missing. Nothing suggested worked.
Download and install Media Player Classic as it supports HEVC playback without any audio sync issues on any relatively modern computer. Set this as your default player and your playback issues will be solved.
Now that I had playback working I thought great, now I can get to work with editing. Wrong! Turns out that even though my computer has everything required to easily playback and allegedly edit HEVC video files, I have been unable to fix this issue.
There has been some inaccurate information spreading on the forums that playback of HEVC videos is exclusive to Apple devices. This is not the case at all. The native Movies & TV app, VLC, and many other dedicated media players can play these files on any operating system. Most browsers currently refuse to support HEVC because of the high licensing fees associated with it. This, for once, has nothing to do with Apple, and everything to do with the MPEG-LA. This post shows how to enable playback in Movies & TV and a custom version of Chromium capable of in browser playback.
However, this is not an optimal solution for viewing videos on the forum, as one must download each video they want to view individually and open another app to view them. Browser playback would be much more useful. During the time when Microsoft Edge was its own app and not a skinned version of Chromium, browser playback when the above package installed was possible. It is not clear why this was removed when Edge switched to using Chromium.
Update: @Sta has released compiled builds of Chromium for Windows, Mac, and Linux that support hardware decoding and HDR support for HEVC straight out of the box. The binaries are available on their GitHub page:
Once Chromium is installed or unarchived, navigate to chrome://flags/#enable-clear-hevc-for-testing and enable this flag. Relaunch Chromium and browser playback for HEVC videos will be enabled, confirmed by me to work on videos posted here. Note that I also have the codec pack installed and I am unsure whether this is necessary for playback to function.
Chromium is the open-source backend to Chrome and many other browsers. It is a browser itself, identical in looks to Chrome and extremely similar in functionality. However, you cannot download it in compiled form directly from the project, you must compile it yourself.
Correct, no in browser playback, though it appears that HEVC software decoding capability is present in Android 5.0 and up and in ChromeOS. Hardware decoding is device-dependent. Seems like another case of Google pushing its own VP9 and AV1 codecs, whose progress would be hurt by enabling HEVC playback in the browser.
Most major streaming services provide high resolution content exclusively in HEVC. Microsoft Edge on Windows, devices like the Nvidia Shield, and the Chromecast can all play 4K HEVC content from Netflix, for example, on their respective OSes.
thank you so much for this! your solution is much more elegant than the one I found because it uses hardware decoding whenever possible and even supports HDR on Windows and Mac. added to the original post!
I also didn't really find any adequate solutions although they were marked Solved. The solutions that was displayed were for iPhone and Android devices not from a web browser. Also if you're a Windows guy, try and find today Safari for Windows.
If you have a Windows PC with a 6th generation processor or later (either AMD or Intel), then you can see the videos in Edge. However, you also will likely need the HEVC windows extension from Microsoft (available from the Microsoft store for $0.99 USD). I've heard some folks here say they didn't need it, but my own systems did.
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