Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 users to create a Microsoft Account during the setup process harder than ever.
Microsoft Hides Windows 10's Offline Account Option : Read more
Microsoft Hides Windows 10's Offline Account Option : Read more
FYI logging into the window store 1 time converts your entire local windows account to an online account.
Microsoft made it seem like I had to log into the Windows store to download a free coded to get HEVC back... You don't actually need to login to get free software from the windows store. You also don't need to pay $1 to get back a feature they removed.
Just use this one
Honestly, I'm a little suspicious they removed a common modern codec and started charging for it in order to funnel more people down the path of being tricked into setting up a Microsoft account.
umm. i use VLC player or youtube, in both cases hevc works fineFYI logging into the window store 1 time converts your entire local windows account to an online account.
Microsoft made it seem like I had to log into the Windows store to download a free coded to get HEVC back... You don't actually need to login to get free software from the windows store. You also don't need to pay $1 to get back a feature they removed.
Just use this one
Honestly, I'm a little suspicious they removed a common modern codec and started charging for it in order to funnel more people down the path of being tricked into setting up a Microsoft account.
Actually no it doesn't. You can still log into the store and not convert it to a MS account login. I know because that is how my PC is setup on a clean install of 1903 as well.
They probably removed it because it's not free. HEVC is covered by patents, and the MPEG-LA sets licensing fees that (AFAIK) must be paid on a per-player basis. Either these terms changed, or MS just decided not enough people use the codec for it to eat the cost of buying a license for all users.Honestly, I'm a little suspicious they removed a common modern codec and started charging for it in order to funnel more people down the path of being tricked into setting up a Microsoft account.
That's because VLC bundles its own codecs.umm. i use VLC player or youtube, in both cases hevc works fine
codec packs usualy have hevc bundled...hevc is open source anywayThey probably removed it because it's not free. HEVC is covered by patents, and the MPEG-LA sets licensing fees that (AFAIK) must be paid on a per-player basis. Either these terms changed, or MS just decided not enough people use the codec for it to eat the cost of buying a license for all users.
That's because VLC bundles its own codecs.
However, if you want to use Windows Media Player or load HEVC files in various media authoring tools, you need the Windows (DirectShow?) HEVC codec.
Open source does not mean it's free-to-use!codec packs usualy have hevc bundled...hevc is open source anyway
https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/h...urer/9n4wgh0z6vhq?activetab=pivot:overviewtabOpen source does not mean it's free-to-use!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding#Patent_license_terms
FYI logging into the window store 1 time converts your entire local windows account to an online account.
No it does not.
My local Standard user and local Admin user remain fully local.
The rarely used MS account remains MS.
1 or 2 months ago(?)When was the last time you logged into the Microsoft store?
Free to you, but not necessarily free to MS.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/h...urer/9n4wgh0z6vhq?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
here its free to use from microsoft
Free to you, but not necessarily free to MS.
If you check the licensing terms I linked, MPEG-LA charges:
▪ Free: First 100k units/ year
▪ US$0.20: 100k+ units/year
▪ US$0.10: 5M+ units/year
So, it's small enough that MS could eat the cost, but they have a clear incentive to limit the number of instances to just the users who are actually using it.
The wikipedia table mentions 2017-20 in a couple places. So, I wonder if the terms changed sometime in 2017.It was previously included and they removed though, so in my mind I already paid for it when I bought windows.