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Status: WontFix
Owner:
dalecur...@chromium.org
Closed: Jan 2017
Cc:
markdavidscott@google.com
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OS: Android
Pri: 2
Type: Feature

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[Chrome][M55][Android7.0] Feature request - HEVC support

Reported by seiyon.p...@gmail.com, Jan 24 2017 
Example URL:
http://www.h265files.com/embed-h265-video.php 

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Launch Chrome
2. Go to http://www.h265files.com/embed-h265-video.php
3. Play Embedded h265/HEVC Video

What is the expected behavior?
Both video and audio should be played.

What went wrong?
Only audio is played and video is not played since video codec, HEVC is not supported by Chrome even though device provides HEVC. 

Did this work before? No 

Is it a problem with Flash or HTML5? N/A

Does this work in other browsers? Yes

Chrome version: 55.0.2883.87  Channel: stable
OS Version: 7.0
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 24.0 r0

Contents of chrome://gpu: 
http://www.h265files.com/embed-h265-video.php

Comment 1 by dalecur...@chromium.org, Jan 24 2017

Cc: markdavidscott@google.com
Labels: -Type-Bug Type-Feature
Owner: dalecur...@chromium.org
Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
Thanks for your request. Sorry, we have no plans to support HEVC in Chrome, here's a non-exhaustive list of reasons:
- Usage is ~0% on the web (per internal metrics). As such it does not justify the increased security surface.
- We try to maintain parity in ability between all Chrome variants (desktop, mobile, CrOS), so would need to provide a software decoder for platforms without a device based decoder; this has unknown licensing among multiple competing bodies.
- Edge is the only browser with HEVC support today, but still only when capable hardware is present; I.e. they do not provide a software decoder. Firefox has no plans to support HEVC. Apple has not commented, yet they don't even provide OS support for HEVC.

Comment 2 by jaredall...@azuqua.com, Jan 24 2018 

I understand the licensing concerns, but does this change as more and more media is starting to use HEVC? As well as Apple supporting it now in the newest Safari releases.

It'd be better than nothing to at least have hardware support like some browsers are doing so now (IE/Edge/Safari)

Comment 3 by dalecur...@chromium.org, Jan 24 2018 

At this time there are no changes to our position. Adoption is still minuscule and royalty-free codecs like VP9 provide similar performance in Edge, Firefox, and Chrome.

Comment 4 by dalecur...@chromium.org, Jan 8

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