What Are H.265 and H.264? Video Codecs and Content Streaming Explained

[Admin]

What is the meaning of the H.265 / HEVC and H.264 / AVC? Video codecs and what they mean for 4K streaming explained.

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[Quaddro]

In order for your Windows PC to play HEVC videos, you need to be running Windows 10. You also need an Intel 6th Generation Skylake or newer...

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Wtf, dude..
My very old core2duo e7400 with some gt 210 can play hevc flawlessly in windows 7 with mpc player..

 

[Edw8283]

To stream 4k contents encoded in HEVC legally (e.g. on Netflix), a paid app called HEVC Video Extensions is also required.

Source: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000030192/graphics.html