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HEVC (H.265) Codec Family

43.04% Encoder Support
2,275,921 of 5,287,606 tests supported HEVC (H.265) encoding across 84 codec variants
78.1% Decoder Support
780,521 of 999,329 tests supported HEVC (H.265) decoding

VideoEncoder Support Matrix

Aggregate encoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 5,287,606 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 40.69% 946,402 / 2,326,101 48.19% 175,983 / 365,154 — 45.21% 463,216 / 1,024,634 23.22% 31,148 / 134,150
SafariSafari
 — 89.69% 123,616 / 137,828 85.17% 502,201 / 589,641 — —
EdgeEdge
 0.01% 47 / 421,810 1.31% 55 / 4,211 — 0.0% 0 / 8,970 0.0% 0 / 818
FirefoxFirefox
 0.02% 30 / 184,206 0.07% 16 / 23,722 — 0.0% 0 / 865 0.5% 121 / 24,351

VideoDecoder Support Matrix

Aggregate decoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 999,329 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 87.0% 380,752 / 437,629 96.54% 55,262 / 57,243 — 80.81% 152,570 / 188,795 42.26% 13,898 / 32,886
SafariSafari
 — 88.99% 20,416 / 22,943 85.73% 102,245 / 119,269 — —
EdgeEdge
 54.33% 47,209 / 86,895 96.03% 629 / 655 — 86.04% 2,200 / 2,557 7.01% 22 / 314
FirefoxFirefox
 0.0% 0 / 34,545 0.0% 0 / 4,091 — 0.0% 0 / 128 0.39% 19 / 4,883

Codec Variants (84)