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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Is that a hardware or software issue? I.e. is it caused by the windows driver for these laptops' graphic units?

Does HEVC work with the Linux drivers on these machines?

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    No, it’s a licensing issue. H.265 hardware support requires an ongoing license. And HP+Dell don’t want to continue paying licensing fees for PCs they have already sold. So they’re telling customers “get fucked, use a media player with software decoding instead of using hardware acceleration directly in your browser.”

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    This doesn't answer the Linux part of the question.

    What does "licensing issue" means for the laptop itself? Is HEVC disabled at BIOS/firmware level, or it is just disabled at Windows driver level?

    In the latter case, HEVC should work with Linux, as it uses generic Intel/AMD drivers, instead of specific Dell/HP ones.

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