Windows 11’s modern media player is somehow worse than the version from 17 years ago

Microsoft’s modern Media Player for Windows 11 has received an Insider Preview update, but tests suggest it still uses more ...

Windows Media Player update still can’t beat the old version

The Windows Media Player improves stability and subtitle handling, but it still falls short of the legacy version when it ...
ExtremeTech

Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs

Microsoft's new Media Player for Windows 11 is drawing criticism now that tests have found it to use far more memory than the ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft wants you on Windows 11’s modern Media Player, but it uses 3.5x more RAM and paywalls codecs

Windows Media Player gets new features in Insider builds, but it still to open a video, uses 3x more RAM idle, and can't play ...
TWCN Tech News

How to convert MP4 to HEVC in Windows 11/10

Here are the methods using which you can convert an MP4 video to HEVC on your Windows 11/10 PC: Use free MP4 to HEVC converter software to convert MP4 to HEVC offline. Convert MP4 to HEVC online using ...
Ars Technica

Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support

You don’t notice good video compression—until it’s not there. For years, people have streamed high-resolution video without thinking about the tech behind it. But when companies clash over which ...
Streaming Media Magazine

HEVC vs. H.264: Bandwidth and Cost Savings

The case for moving from ubiquitous older video codecs like H.264 (AVC) to newer codecs like AV1 or HEVC (H.265) is typically expressed in terms of encoding efficiency that translates to bandwidth and ...