wondermouse 0 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Hi, What is the best way of direct playing hevc content in Windows 10? 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. The browsers I've tried (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) also trigger transcoding regardless of playback settings in the client. The Plex clients I've tested do direct play hevc (same file), so I suspect I'm doing something wrong here, but can't figure out what. Cheers /Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 What did you try when using the Windows desktop app? I can probably get you fixed up. Some details of what you consider 'awful' and what your objective is, would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 And what GPU do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution videopalace 26 Posted September 2, 2019 Solution Share Posted September 2, 2019 In the Microsoft store there is an 'extension for HEVC' install this and Windows can handle this format. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondermouse 0 Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 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: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NMZLZ57R3T7My 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. To be fair I did not spend any time trying to fix these issues, but out of the box it simply didn't work well at all on Client 1. -------ServerMac mini (Mid 2011)2.3 GHz Intel Core i516 GB RAMSSD OS drivemacOS High Sierra Version 10.13Emby Server Version 4.2.1.0Client 1Surface Pro 4Intel Core i5 6300U 2.4GHzIntel HD 520 graphics8 GB RAMWindows 10 Version 1903 (Windows scaling set to 175%)Emby Theater Version 1.1.262.0 installed from Microsoft Store(Emby Theater version 3.0.9 from http://emby.media/emby-theater.html)Client 2Sony Xperia 1Android 9 PieEmby Version 3.0.76 ------- Cheers /Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37124 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Thanks for the feedback ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofiero 4 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Old post but relevant information Paste this in your browser, click open & install it for free ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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