Nick Lewis is a staff writer for How-To Geek. Go ahead and allow it, and then you'll see a Microsoft Store page opened to an application named "HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer." Click the "Install" button and wait for the application to download and install. You might get a message warning you that the link is trying to open via an application on your computer - don't worry, that is exactly what you want. To get the free package, copy and paste the following code into your web browser's address bar, and then hit Enter: ms-windows-store: //pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq You can get the codecs for free through the Microsoft Store, but you can't find it using the search function. Related: The Successor to HEVC: What Is the AV1 Codec? The fee originates from the complex licensing and royalties surrounding HEVC. If you've ever tried to open a video file encoded with HVEC on Windows 11 using one of the built-in applications, you probably received a popup helpfully informing you that you need to pay 99 cents to install the HEVC codecs. 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. 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. Most new content is encoded using HEVC - but it isn't included with Windows 11, and the codecs normally cost money. High Efficiency Video Coding, usually called HEVC or H.265, is currently the standard for compressing video. You may be able to download the official codecs from an unofficial source, but we recommend against it. You must either pay for the codecs on the Microsoft Store or use a third-party program - like VLC player - to play back video files encoded using H.265. Microsoft has removed the free HEVC codecs from the Microsoft Store.
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