Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome

Posted by reinhardG on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:11PM
from the bitmovin.com dept.

https://bitmovin.com/google-adds-hevc-support-chrome/

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Re:Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome by reinhardG on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:11PM (#32927272)

Quietly, without any announcement or updates on support pages, Google fixed a bug in Chrome with a significant implication for the video streaming industry: Support for adaptive streaming of HEVC/H.265 video content has finally been enabled!

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Re:Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome by slederer on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:24PM (#32927468)

Just took 6 years for this bug being addressed :-)

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Re:Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome by dwe on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @01:40PM (#32928540)

Good things take time, I guess ;-)

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Re:Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome by schellkenig on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:48PM (#32927829)

finally. which html5 players support now HEVC in chrome?

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Re:Google Quietly Added HEVC Support in Chrome by dweinber on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @01:37PM (#32928500)

Any well-written player that uses properly feature detection of browsers - Bitmovin Player, dash.js and Shaka are among those that have already been confirmed to work.

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