Solved How do I get HEVC Video Extensions for free?


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TairikuOkami said:
Checking updates via MS Store and winget shows no updates. Well, I guess MS is still not up to the game. :nope:
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If you use MPC-BE you don't need it anyway!
 

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Fast Ring on rg-adguard will show upcoming versions, which Store and winget don't provide.
 

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Anyway..., if open source projects can provide the use of the codec free of charge, MS sure as hell should be able to!!!
I think there's more to it, as far as MS is concerned, though!
 

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I got the free version from the Store long ago, before MS withdrew it. Ever since the Store has automatically installed it on each of my new machines, and regularly updates it.
TairikuOkami said:
Free version is usually one version behind the paid one, I guess that is on purpose.
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TairikuOkami said:
paid version is actually at 2.4.15.0
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Mine was last updated on 2nd September....

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It's on 2.4.13

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    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro 24H2, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine.
After weighing all the options, I've been persuaded to just stick with good ol' VLC. Thank you for all of the suggestions!

(And screw Microsoft for demanding extra money for a codec that I didn't need in Windows 10.)
 

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Try Daum PotPlayer with OpenCodecs
 

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