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HEVC / H.265

HEVC requires significant compute. Software decoding a 4K 10-bit HEVC file will saturate most modern CPUs. Uplay mandates hardware acceleration for HEVC by default.

Supported Hardware APIs

  • Windows: D3D11VA (Zero-copy), NVDEC, Intel QSV
  • Linux: VAAPI, VDPAU, NVDEC
  • macOS: VideoToolbox

10-bit / 12-bit Handling

When decoding Main10 or Main12 profiles, Uplay keeps the surface in 10/16-bit format through the entire Vulkan pipeline. Downsampling to 8-bit only occurs at the final presentation step if your display does not support deep color, utilizing high-quality dithering to prevent banding.