P: Please support HEVC (H.265) video support for Windows

Maybe my Cloud app doesn't always show me. I'll have to log when I get CC notices vs. Classic. But from what I have seen, the ratio is like 3:1 (CC:Classic) on the update cycle for Win10 in the US on my computer.

> But every week or two when I get a CC update, but go months without a Classic update, that makes me skeptical

Every time there's been a Cloudy desktop update, there's been a Classic desktop update too, other than the occasional double dot update on either to fix an urgent bug. Mobile ones may get bug fix updates in between as they're easier to push out, but feature wise, they're all on the same release schedule. Releases over the last year have been every 2-3 months across the board.

I'm happy to stand corrected on that. But every week or two when I get a CC update, but go months without a Classic update, that makes me skeptical. Hopefully you're right.

It's significant work, not low hanging fruit, which you wouldn't do if you were trying to sunset the product. Just like all the other things they've done on classic Lightroom since they introduced Cloudy.
This HEVC problem is a mystery, and I just wouldn't draw any wider conclusions.

To me that was low-hanging fruit on Classic. They already tapped the GPU. To me the non-support of HEVC and tagging are more of a red flag. Maybe their views are evolving but communication would be great.

All that further application of GPU acceleration in 8.4 tells a different story.
That said, I am mystified why Lightroom on Windows still doesn't support HEVC video.

Actions speak louder than words and I think it's pretty obvious they are trying to sunset LR desktop/classic. if you look at the update frequency between Classic and CC or whatever they're calling them these days, Classic isn't the priority. When really there are just a few features Classic needs to make us happy right now, when instead there are many CC updates. That tells the story. Now, I'm not opposed to moving more to CC, *if* I can either be selective about the GB's of photos I have not all going to the cloud and making me pay more, or if I don't have to pay more than I am now for moving my collection up. But feature parity should be the new priority. Like tag import (Adobe: I am NOT re-tagging my 10 x 1000's of images to get them into CC). Also graphics accelerator usage would be nice. Really I think they need to make 1 product but call it Lightroom and Lighrroom Professional or something. And better communication would be nice too. This isn't Instagram. Your users are heavily invested in your products.

I would really like to see HEVC support in LR.
Guys, a year of complaints and nothing is done? What do you do?

Over a year LR developers cannot implement a freaking video codec. What do you guys DO there in the office?

Also eagerly awaiting HEVC support for Lightroom Classic CC. (For e.g. Hero 7 footage cataloging.)