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.
Software that open h265 file
H265 file extension - H.265 High Efficiency Video
What is h265 file? How to open h265 files?
File type specification:
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.
Updated: November 22, 2023
The default software associated to open h265 file:
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
List of recommended software applications associated to the .h265 file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open h265 file, edit h265 file, convert h265 file, view h265 file, play h265 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
h265 file players - programs that can play h265 file - H.265 High Efficiency Video
Programs supporting the exension h265 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play h265 file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with h265 file by default:
VLC media player
Other suggested software:
Cyberlink PowerDVD
KMPlayer