LanguageH265
H.265 High Efficiency Video
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with h265 file extension can be most notably found as videos encoded using special, HEVC - High Efficiency Video Coding codec also known as H.265.
What is h265 file?
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The h265 file extension is mainly related to the h.265 High Efficiency Video Coding codec.
HEVC is a video compression standard and a successor to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding). It can be found within container formats like MPEG.
How to open h265 file?
You can use for example VLC media player to play these kind of video files. VLC is available almost on any platform.
How to convert h265 file?
A lot of multimedia converters support h.265 videos nowadays
Suggested software to open h265 file:
Associated software actions with the h265 file
Apps designed for playing h265 files:
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Cyberlink PowerDVD (Microsoft Windows)
KMPlayer (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Elmedia Player (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)