For devices that don’t have hardware support for HEVC videos, software support is provided, but the playback experience might vary based on the video resolution and PC performance.HEVC Video Extensions also let you encode HEVC content on devices that don’t have a hardware-based video encoder.
The H.265 (x265) MPEG-H Part 2 compression format is the successor of H.264/AVC, offering smaller file sizes.Note: HEVC Video Extensions comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. If your 64-bit PC is running a 64-bit Windows OS, please download the 64-bit version instead.