Paying H.265 encoded videos

[hstoellinger]

Hello,
I just tried to play an H.265-encoded video in Vivaldi -- no luck. Had to use the less efficient H.264. I hear that apparently only Safari supports H.265 natively. Are there any plans to support H.265 in Vivaldi? Of course - this might be an issue to be "negotiated" with Chromium...
Regards
H. Stoellinger

[DoctorG]

@hstoellinger Vivaldi uses ffmpeg codecs lib and if ffmpeg supports H.265, you will get it in Vivaldi, too.

[luetage]

@hstoellinger Try this ☛ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h265-hevc-player/dambgipgbnhmnkdolkljibpcbocimnpd

[hstoellinger]

Thanks

[hstoellinger]

@doctorg "Get it in Vivaldi too"! When? It definitely did NOT play H.265-encoded MP4-files, but DID play H.264-encoded files.

[DoctorG]

@hstoellinger I can not tell why hvec is not used.
Perhaps a legal issue and high license costs for Vivaldi.

[DoctorG]

@hstoellinger I could not find any hvec enabled free Chromiums yet for Linux. Do you know any?

[hstoellinger]

No, unfortunately not.

[DoctorG]

@hstoellinger I see your title "Paying H.265 encoded videos" is so true: Pay annual fees per installation to patent holders, implement codec and hopefully get decoded video.

[BrikoX]

@DoctorG https://github.com/macchrome/linchrome/releases/tag/v108.5359.98-M108.0.5359.98-r1016-portable-ungoogled-Lin64