The HEVC video extension also works as a HEVC codec, using hardware capabilities on new devices such as those equipped with the 7th Generation Core processor and newer GPU that support 4K UHD videos playback. It's HEVC extension designed for playing HEVC in VLC, or other media players on Windows 10 device. HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer With Media Player Codec Pack Plus, VLC should play 10bit HEVC x265 4K UHD (HDR) content on your computer. It's compatible with Windows 10 and earlier, any media player compatible with DirectShow. The HEVC codec pack for VLC enables you to play various video compression types including x265, H.265, HEVC, 10bit x265, and other formats such as x264, 10bit x264, DivX, MP4, to name a few.

Many applications like FFmpeg decoder, FFmpeg fork, Windows Directshow filters, VLC plugin, has been integrated with Libde265. It comes with two example programs, dec265 ( a player for raw h.265 bitstreams), and sherlock265(a video player to overlay h.265 bitstream graphical representations). The decoder supports HEVC-VA, HEVC-V2 (chroma 4:2:2, 4:4:4, monochrome, and bit depths up to 14 bits). Libde265 is an open-source HEVC video codec implementation.

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