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

There's an ironic saying about "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".  Not one of those apps supports video of any kind.....

And yes, I am hacked off about this h265/Windows issue.

This complete lack of support makes me think it is time to find a LR replacement, e.g.
https://petapixel.com/2019/05/21/alternatives-to-adobe-lightroom-in-2019/

v 8.3 still can't open h.265 files (on Mac) from a DJI Mavic 2 Pro.

Another release (v8.3) and still no support for h.265 on Windows.

9 months ago, Barry Young, Director of Engineering, Lightroom products posted -
 
"HEVC support is coming soon. As I mentioned earlier, I cannot discuss release schedules. Please be patient."

Perhaps he could be troubled to give an update to those of us who have been waiting (semi) patiently?

Tragedy is: I used Mac for years, was happy that it was finally solved for MacOS. But since a month I am now on Windows... very uncool.

Still waiting, 7 months after support was added for Macintosh.

Please Adobe, I have been requesting H.265 support for Lightroom on Windows for over 3 years now, I am not asking much as I am not even asking to view the files I am only asking to get the files imported at the same time as images.

I have reached out to support multiple times over the last years and only answer is it is coming soon, or the latest ones have been get a MAC, I mean come on, how hard can this be? I use it all the time in Premiere and have for a very long time.

I am almost giving up on keep paying and paying without any updated to the Classic version as you seem to mostly focus on the consumer orientated version and ignoring the Pro market. Shame on you.

Seriously, are you kidding me? This is no longer negligent - it's clearly willful but I can't figure out WHY??

Another release today (v8.2) and it appears still no support for h.265 on Windows.

I solved the immediate problem on my Windows machine by converting the files to mp4 using LR on a Mac (I am uncertain if this is lossless), and the longer term one by ensuring that the phone didn't record any more incompatible videos.