# StaZhu/enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-decoding

A guide that teach you enable hardware HEVC decoding & encoding for Chrome / Edge, or build a custom version of Chromium / Electron that supports hardware & software HEVC decoding and hardware HEVC encoding.

Repository: https://github.com/StaZhu/enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-decoding
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-decoding
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: chrome, hevc, hardware-decode, electron
Last push: 2026-08-17T14:40:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 24, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1597, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 344, "gap_med": 151.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1450, forks 70 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.845590+00:00)

## What it is
A detailed guide for enabling hardware HEVC decoding and encoding in Chrome and Edge, or for building custom Chromium/Electron builds with HEVC support. It documents supported HEVC profiles across GPUs and platforms.

## Use cases
- enable HEVC hardware decoding in Chrome or Edge
- build a custom Chromium with HEVC support
- add HEVC playback to an Electron app
- check which HEVC profiles my GPU supports
- enable hardware HEVC encoding in the browser
- play 10-bit HEVC video in Chromium

## When to choose
- you need HEVC playback or encoding in Chromium-based browsers or Electron
- you want a custom Chromium build with software and hardware HEVC support
- you need a compatibility reference for HEVC profiles across GPUs

## When to avoid
- you use Firefox or Safari, which are not covered
- you need a ready-made software library rather than a guide
- you need codecs other than HEVC

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: browser-extensions, developer-tools, media
- platform: windows, cross-platform, browser
- tags: hevc, hardware-decoding, chromium, electron, guide, video-codec, video, macos, android

## Member repositories
- StaZhu/enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-decoding (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.845590+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:35:54.175262+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/StaZhu/enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-decoding (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.845590+00:00, sha 30546f9acbff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.