Review: Top 5 Best Free H.265/HEVC Video Players

More and more videos are encoded with latest H.265/HEVC codec, which is able to compress video size twice as efficiently as H.264/AVC while keeping the same quality. H.265/HEVC supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD, needless to say the 4K contents. However, not all PC/Mac, portable devices, media players are up-to-date to support H.265/HEVC codec videos, that why you need the best H.265/HEVC Video Player. Here's the review on Top 5 Best Free H.265/HEVC Video Players, after reading you can choose the desired one to play H.265/HEVC Videos with ease.

Top 1. Brorsoft Player

Brorsoft Player is the all-in-one and best H.265/HEVC video player with recording fuction for your Windows PC and Mac. It supports 4K Ultra-HD and HEVC/H.265 Videos perfectly, you don't need to download extra codec (encoder or decoder) or a plug-in, and play 4K/8K/HD MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, etc videos encoded with  H.264, H.265, MPEG-4 on PC/Mac smoothly. What's more, this prefect video player also supports Blu-ray/DVD discs playback in any region without hassle.

--Get sharper, vivid effect to play 4K H.265/HEVC videos on PC/Mac. 

--Play 4K/1080P Blu-ray/DVD discs in high definition with DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD. 

--Select any period of times and make animated GIF file for sharing to have more fun.  

--Take snapshot of the shining moment of your movies.  

--Record what's happening on the screen as a straightforward video. It saves time and is quite effective.

--Add a bookmark of the video for watching later or return to recent viewed point as you like.

-- 100% clean, no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.

Top 2. VLC Media Player

VLC is a free and open source multimedia player that can play various videos formats like H.264, MKV, MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, etc without the need of codec packs. But for playing an H.265/HEVC format video, it requires to download a specific x265 as a free software library and application for encoding video streams into the H.265/MPEG-H HEVC compression format. Otherwise, VLC will not support H.265 video playback flawlessly, e.g. there is not showing audio, stutters, etc.

Editor Note: There is no problem to play HEVC/H.265 video on Windows 10 this is because it adds the support of H.265/HEVC codec. But if you are working with Windows 8 or lower, HEVC playback issue will occur unless you install x265 or other media player supporting H265/HEVC.

Top 3. KMPlayer

KMPlayer is a free and powerful media player that covers a various different types of contained formats without any separate codec. The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment in terms of connections to other splitters, decoders, audio/video transform filters and renderers without grappling with the DirectShow merit system, make it as one of the excellent HEVC/H.265 players, even though it uses to installing bloatware together with insane ads at the startup.

Top 4. Potplayer

Potplayer gives you smooth, seamless video play, that supports OpenCodec so users can easily add whatever codecs they want. As a free and best HEVC/H.265 video player it can play ultimedia formats including H.265/HEVC, H.264, MP4, FLV, MKV, AVI, MOV etc. Besides, you can also download 3D and blu-ray movies/videos for playing on this marvelous video player, which makes it unique among the best HEVC players.

Editor Note: It's a pity that it only has Windows version, for Mac users you have to choose other options.

Top 5. GOM Player

GOM Player a free video player that support for most popular video formats by default: AVI, MP4, MKV, FLV, WMV, MOV, and more! With it's built-in H.265/HEVC codec, you can play H.265/HEVC videos free on your Windows PC. What's more, it also supports 360 degrees VR videos for playback, able to watch from up, down, left, and right, 360 degrees around, by just using the keyboard or mouse.

Editor Notes: Windows only, Windows 10(32/64bit) / 8.1(32/64bit) / 8(32/64bit) / 7(32/64bit) / Vista(32bit) / XP SP3(32bit); Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent; Over 2G RAM free RAM; Over 200MB free HDD space.

Final Verdict:

With above comparison, it's worth to say Brorsoft Player is the best H.265/HEVC video player with versatile functions. And now it's time to pickup your desired one to play H.265/HEVC videos on Windows PC/ Mac on the go.

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