H.265 Codec: Microsoft joins the HEVC codec licensing pool

guest · Dec 25, 2021

December 24, 2021

HEVC. H.265 / High-Efficiency Video Compression (HEVC) is a newer video compression technology that claims to offer up to 50% high compression ratios than older compression standards.

While Microsoft offers support for the codec, on some occasions Windows users have to purchase it from the Store for $0.99.
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Now Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, has announced that Microsoft has become a Licensor and Licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool.

As a Licensor, all of Microsoft’s HEVC/H.265 essential patents are now included under the HEVC Advance Patent Pool license. As a Licensee, Microsoft gains access to the over 16,500 (and counting) worldwide patents essential to implementing the HEVC/H.265 video codec standard licensed through the HEVC Advance pool.
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Hopefully, the move will ensure free access to the codec in the future.
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