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H.265 / HEVC player

by struktur AG

v0.2.2 Updated Dec 5, 2016 6.28MiB
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60K
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★ 2.64
504 reviews
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Category
⚠️Not updated in over 2 years ⚠️Below average rating

Description

Version 0.2.2: Fixed issue where opening files fails with new versions of Chrome. Help us fund our Kickstarter campaign "Spreedbox" that will provide you with your own secure video chat and file exchange at home: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spreed/spreedbox-the-most-private-video-chat-and-file-exc "H.265 / HEVC player" is a standalone video player using libde265 to playback H.265 / HEVC content. It currently supports Matroska and other video containers with common audio codecs and subtitles (SSA/ASS format). You can download sample H.265 / HEVC streams (creative commons license) from http://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/ Please note that if your machine is too slow for decoding, frame dropping will occur which might result in broken images. The player will display a short notice when this happens.
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Reviews (138 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-22
Jim S

Non-functional on my Chromebook unit.

★☆☆☆☆2023-05-24
歐小龍

can't use

★☆☆☆☆2022-09-05
T. F.

Does not work at all. crashed each time when I tried to open h265 mkv file.

★☆☆☆☆2022-08-28
S M

Garbage, doesn't work in the slightest, this isn't a plugin, this is a standalone app. False advertising.

★☆☆☆☆2022-08-17
Nduduzo Nene

Does not work.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-09
Amin J

Crashed and didn't play the video. Tried it a couple of times and same result

★☆☆☆☆2022-02-02
Rich Hand

does not work at all -

★☆☆☆☆2021-07-15
Captain Babyshorts

WOW! False expectations, eh? Apparently, my Ryzen 7 1700x, RTX 2060, 32GB of RAM and my M.2 SSD aren't able to decode the H.265 video that I edited/created on my computer (which runs back in full speed). This needs some work.

★☆☆☆☆2021-03-20
Laura “Geek Girl” Tinnel

Does not work as a plug-in to play embedded video. You have to open the video by spawning a standalone player. That's not a plug-in. A plug-in would play the video right there in your browser, just like YouTube videos. Guess what? Normal players will play this, so it's completely useless and unnecessary. Uninstalling immediately.

★☆☆☆☆2021-03-03
S. Cody Woodward

Crashes every time I try to open an MKV video

★☆☆☆☆2021-02-16
limm

doesn't recognise any of my video files

★☆☆☆☆2020-09-18
Keshab Acharja

it crashes a lot... I cant forward videos... better give a vlc app for chromebook users too please

★☆☆☆☆2020-04-05
Lance Mize

doesn't work

★☆☆☆☆2019-04-23
First Last

Plugin is not supported (Ubuntu 16.04)

★☆☆☆☆2019-03-22
Simon Noreika

Doenst work. Sound but no video.

★☆☆☆☆2018-10-19
Brandon Dudek

does not work

★☆☆☆☆2018-10-02
Sly Morrison

All players (PotPlayer, VLC, MPC-HC, etc.) installed on my computer (Intel Core i7-3770K) run X265 at about 6% processing. Already this player consumes about 50% of processing and still hangs in some movies.

★☆☆☆☆2018-09-19
Christopher Russell

running on acer chromebook. native video player works, VLC plays fine, this app says "your computer is too slow and playback may suffer." Dont waste your time kids

★☆☆☆☆2018-09-04
Michael Thomson

absolute junk, crashes every time on my asus flip

★☆☆☆☆2018-07-31
Amav Prasee

Not that great. Able to play, however, not a suitable app to work consistently with the Chromebook.

★☆☆☆☆2018-06-16
Mikhail Aleksandrov

doesn't seem to work, I hear the sound but don't see the video

★☆☆☆☆2018-06-05
Francesco

Audio doesn't work,the app crashes. Chromebook V. 66.0.3359.203

★☆☆☆☆2018-05-24
Stan C.

Video plays but is very choppy and distorted on my Chromebook.

★☆☆☆☆2017-12-02
Ron Ryan

Useless, this app cannot SEE a .mp4 file on my Chromebook, let alone play it. (Note .mp4 uses H.265 audio). Running this on a Chromebook. Useless App <Delete App>

★☆☆☆☆2017-11-30
Wojciech Jagodziński

i7 4790k, gtx 970, 16gb ram, good ssd and you're telling me that my pc is too slow to convert it in real time, its not the hardware but software

★☆☆☆☆2017-08-05
Fahad Shaikh

large size videos not supported

★☆☆☆☆2017-05-01
TaNKerMiKE 19k

doesnt work

★☆☆☆☆2017-04-04
Jake Hero

This app used to work perfectly now it does absolutely nothing.

★☆☆☆☆2017-03-05

Plays first second of the video then says shat my computer is too slow. But other video players play videos without slowdowns.

★☆☆☆☆2017-02-11
D Dolly

plays the sound for mkv but not the picture

★☆☆☆☆2017-02-05
Jemma Kim

too slow

★☆☆☆☆2016-12-31
ColinTNMP Productions

My Chromebook will load everything perfectly fine, and any video that has the H.265 codec will play on any other video player, but this one simply says my Chromebook isn't able to. It's not the Chromebook that can't use G.265; this player simply can't do it on a Chromebook. Going back to my other video players. This one didn't even tackle the problem I originally had anyway.

★☆☆☆☆2016-12-14
Coty Schwamb

ts a crap app.

★☆☆☆☆2016-12-02
Jeff Patterson

Doesn't work. Won't open any type of file that is HEVC/h.265 encoded. Tried mkv, m4v, mp4,.. nothing. Just sits there.... laughing at me. Pointless.

★☆☆☆☆2016-11-21
J L B

Doesn't even play a mkv file on Chrome OS...it is supposed to at least

★☆☆☆☆2016-11-19
Michael Baker

didn't work. vlc plays correctly encoded h.265 but this app just gives blank screen. last update 2015. possibly devs lost interest.

★☆☆☆☆2016-10-27
Catrine Fosse

It doesn't do anything. Nothing at all.

★☆☆☆☆2016-10-21
Farrukh I

Tried to load two videos. Didn't even recognise them.

★☆☆☆☆2016-10-01
Ben Smallwood

This doesn't work on Toshiba Chromebook 2.

★☆☆☆☆2016-09-16
Hugh Howlett

Did not open .mp4 h.265 file

★☆☆☆☆2016-08-16
Peter Olsson

Didnt work for me.

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-31
Jason Gonzalez

Have tried several MKV and AVI files. It won't open any of them. I have been looking for an alternative to Videostream to use with my Chromecast for some time. Why do I have to convert every video file to a substandard mp4 format in order to cast it effectively? Because Google, that's why.

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-27
Max Static (Max Static)

wont open any of my mkv files :/

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-25
Bas de Groot

doesn't do the only thing it should do. play h265 files

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-13

Didn't work. Surface 2 Pro, Windows 10, Chrome Version 51.0.2704.106 m (64-bit), .mkv file 1080p x265 10 bit

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-13

won't play any video

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-12
Luke Hallard

Used to work great, tried recently and now just does nothing when I open any movie file, including files it used to play. Is currently completely functionless, have tried uninstalling reinstalling, same behaviour.

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-12
Stephan Osther

doesnt support my mkv file

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-05
Ivan B

doesn't work.

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-04
David Loi

DOesn't work.

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Details

Version 0.2.2
Updated Dec 5, 2016
Size 6.28MiB
First Seen Mar 22, 2026