High Efficiency Video Coding

Main profile, 1280×720@24FPS

The summary below is computed using video/mp4 as content type.

Profile	Resolution	FPS	Codec example	Supported	Supported via MSE*
Main	1K (1280×720)	30	hvc1.1.6.L93.B0	?	?
Main	2K (1920×1080)	30	hvc1.1.6.L120.80	?	?
Main	4K (3840×2160)	30	hvc1.1.6.L150.90	?	?
Main	4K (3840×2160)	60	hvc1.1.6.L153.90	?	?
Main	8K (7680×4320)	30	hvc1.1.6.L180.90	?	?
Main 10	2K (1920×1080)	30	hvc1.2.4.L120.90	?	?
Main 10	4K (3840×2160)	60	hvc1.2.4.L153.90	?	?
Rext	4K (3840×2160)	30	hvc1.4.10.L150.9C	?	?
Dolby Vision 5	4K (3840×2160)	24	dvhe.05.06	?	?

* MSE support is required to play streaming media, primarily on desktops and tablets.

** DV encoded video in most cases can be played in compatibility mode if Main 10 profile is supported.

Hardware support

Intel (Bluesky)
Intel (manufacturer)
AMD (Bluesky)
AMD (manufacturer)
NVIDIA (Bluesky)
NVIDIA (manufacturer) (scroll to "NVDEC - Hardware-Accelerated Video Decoding")

Microsoft Edge

Depends on Windows Media Foundation. The following components should be installed in your system:
– Media Feature Pack (sometimes already installed)
– HEVC Video Extensions from Microsoft Store
Open edge://gpu in order to checkout video decoding capabilities.

Google Chrome

Graphics (hardware) acceleration should be turned on in browser settings chrome://settings/system
Open chrome://gpu in order to checkout video decoding capabilities.

Safari

Available on all Apple devices, starting from MAC OS High Sierra (version 10.13) or IOS 11.
Using HEVC media on Apple devices

Mozilla Firefox

Same as Microsoft Edge. In addition, two flags have to be set via about:config section:

								media.wmf.enabled
								media.wmf.hevc.enabled
							

Open about://support in order to checkout available media codecs.