Add H.265/HEVC support
Bridge does not work with H.265/HEVC files. It neither plays the video in the preview pane, nor does it cache thumbnails for any H.265 files. I am running the latest version of Bridge (12.0.0.234) on Win10. Adobe support have confirmed that H.265/HEVC is not supported.
When I enquired about this, Adobe's own automated support system provided a link about someone requesting this in 2017! H.265/HEVC is no longer an emerging format. It's where the industry is heading, and is seeing wide acceptace. iPhones have shot H.265/HEVC by default for years, and modern entry-level cameras are starting to adopt H.265 as their main codec.
This really should be a feature by now and renders Bridge unusable for my purposes.
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Hime commented
I can't believe this still hasn't been fixed. Its such a basic thing....
At this point when they fix it we will all have moved over to AV1 and adobe will STILL be behind.... -
Torsten commented
I also don't understand why HEVC videos are not supported by Bridge, as they are in other Adobe products, e.g. Lightroom Classic (version 13) or even in the Organizer of "old" Photoshop Elements 2020. The latter is mentioned in an article about HEVC from January 2022 in https://helpx.adobe.com/de/premiere-elements/using/hevc-decoding-on-windows.html. I would like to see at least the thumbnails displayed in Bridge.
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Martin commented
Please please please add this. Even the Windows File Explorer has for years supported thumbnails for h.265 files. It's next to impossible to manage visual assets if you can't see what they are. This seems like it should be a basic feature for an asset manager like Bridge.