{"slug": "play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or", "title": "Play H.265/HEVC videos in Windows Media Player (Classic) without a third-party codec pack or media player.", "summary": "Instructions for enabling H.265/HEVC video playback in Windows Media Player (Classic) without third-party codec packs, specifically using the \"HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer\" app. It directs users to download the AppxBundle file from a third-party store link, install it via App Installer or PowerShell, and verify the presence of `HEVCDECODER_STORE.dll` in the player's technical support information. The guide notes that the standard paid HEVC Video Extensions app (with a plural name) does not work in Windows Media Player and should be avoided or uninstalled.", "body_md": "- Go to https://store.rg-adguard.net.\n- Search for the HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer (\nMicrosoft.HEVCVideoExtension\n) app by entering the following store URL into the search box and clicking the ✔ button.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hevc-video-extensions-from-device-manufacturer/9n4wgh0z6vhq\n- Do not use the normal HEVC Video Extensions app URL, because that can't play HEVC videos in Windows Media Player for some inscrutable reason.\n- Download the AppxBundle file.\n- You may have to right click › Save Link As because the URL scheme is\nhttp\n, nothttps\n, if your browser is set to enforce HTTPS-only mode. - If it tries to save as a filename that's just a GUID, you may copy the correct\n.AppxBundle\nfilename and save it as that instead.\n- You may have to right click › Save Link As because the URL scheme is\n- If you have App Installer (e.g. on Windows client editions), you can double-click the AppxBundle file, then click Install.\n- Otherwise, if you don't have App Installer (e.g. on Windows Server), you can install the AppxBundle using PowerShell:\nAdd-AppxPackage \".\\Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension_2.2.20.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle\"\n- Exit and restart Windows Media Player if it was already running.\n- Try to play a video that uses the H.265/HEVC codec in Windows Media Player.\n- If it doesn't work, go to Help › About Windows Media Player Legacy and click Technical Support Information. Ensure\nHEVCDECODER_STORE.dll\nappears in the Other Binaries section. - If it doesn't work, run\nGet-AppxPackage Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension\nin PowerShell to see the app, which should haveStatus\nset toOK\n. Note that the app name is notMicrosoft.HEVCVideoExtensions\n(plural), the $0.99 app not from device manufacturers, which is broken in WMP. IfMicrosoft.HEVCVideoExtensions\nis installed, you may want to uninstall it.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/Aldaviva/d5f78c155eebfce561e5473a44615e3e", "published_at": "2023-02-01 01:01:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 09:00:46.990585+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["products", "enterprise-software"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Windows Media Player", "HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer", "Windows Server 2022", "Windows 11", "PowerShell"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/play-h-265-hevc-videos-in-windows-media-player-classic-without-a-third-party-or.jsonld"}}