More importantly, this freeware provides you with more controls on the HEVC file when you playing it, such as change video speed, reverse video, remove audio from video, add text to video, make a GIF from video, etc. With this free HEVC player, you can not only play HEVC videos easily but also play other popular video, audio, and image file formats. The most recommended HEVC player is MiniTool MovieMaker. In this part, we are going to introduce 5 excellent HEVC players to help you open HEVC/H.265 videos on your device with ease. It supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD and it is becoming the new mainstream video codec format. It is a video compression standard, part of the MPEG-H project, and the successor to the widely used advanced video coding.Ĭompared with AVC, HEVC can provide 25% to 50% better data compression at the same video quality level, or can significantly improve video quality at the same bit rate.
Short for High-Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC is also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2.