SikSlayer 197 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 According to https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Dev-channel-build-77-0-211-2-is-live/m-p/745801#M6548 Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser, now supports HEVC decoding. This should allow it to direct play if support is added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 The web app already has proper hevc detection that has been confirmed on other platforms, so ideally this is already done. For Edge, I know in the past it required you to have hardware that supposed hevc decoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikSlayer 197 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 I tested it before posting and it didn't work at all. It was transcoded to H264. Any logs/help you require of me I can provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 We'll allocate more time on it when that version of the browser gets to beta. The hevc check works fine on several other platforms. They may not have perfected it just yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikSlayer 197 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 It's not a big deal for me, so I'll let it be for now. Just FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I assume you have a GPU that can decode hevc? I doubt they are supporting it in software. Also try different flavors, e.g. 8-bit hevc, 10-bit, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikSlayer 197 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Yes, I have a GTX 1060, I get HW decoding for HEVC normally. HW decoding/encoding of codecs is a key bulletpoint when I buy video cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8250 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Are they requiring the HEVC Video Extensions for the MS store? (Don't know if applies to Chromium) If I am reading this correctly, HEVC codec required. https://winaero.com/blog/chromium-based-edge-to-support-4k-and-hd-video-streams/ Edited July 9, 2019 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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