The extensions you need to get are called HEIF Image Extensions and HEVC Video Extensions. Maybe I imagined it being installed, and it never was, and it isn't really required (even thought MS say it is)? It's a bit strange. Get the HEIF and HEVC extensions for Windows 10. (I don't know if it was pre-installed or something I installed months ago, but I'm pretty sure I didn't pay for it, even if it was just £0.79.)īut when I look today, HEVC Video Extensions costs £0.79 and says it is not installed. I definitely have HEIF Image Extensions (free) installed, and needed that.Īs I remember it, when I first looked I already had HEVC Video Extensions installed, and had never paid for it. On Windows 10 with the official codecs, I'm also now somewhat confused myself as to what you actually need. I found the Microsoft one worked on one image that the CopyTrans one didn't, but that may be true in the other direction as well my collection of test images is small, and there are a bunch that neither codec can handle, as the image format is in its infancy. If you downloaded the free version before, then you 'own' it already and can just download it again. The only option now is to get the 0.99 version if you want to keep it 'legal'. Well, looks like the free alternative is now closed.
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I don't know if it will help in this case, if you're having problems installing CopyTrans at all.Īlso note that it's up to Windows (and the way the codecs are registered) which codec it uses if both are installed, so you probably only want to install one or the other. No longer free: Windows 10 HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer. Support for the CopyTrans HEIC decoder will be added in 12.9.2, enabling HEIC/HEIF viewing on Windows 7 and up.