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: HEVC is the "rulebook" (the standard), while x265 is the actual software used to encode video files into that standard.
The codec natively supports 10-bit color spaces, enabling over 1 billion individual color shades to virtually eliminate color banding in high-dynamic-range (HDR) videos. 🛠️ The Windows 10 & 11 Dilemma: The Missing Extension userhevc