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Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You didn't have to pay if the GPU came with a hardware decoder. But the HEVC patent owners have been infighting over royalties. So some hardware isn't shipping with the codec anymore or have it disabled.