Why? There's been open source playback code for it, for a long time
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Try to play this on chrome under Linux:
https://www.bitbubblex.com/uploads_qsa67WW2_Ju12_55gddG34/4ce62139c3b06d652c5623142c2d9cfc.mp4
It won't play either. However VLC plays everything nicely. All because of the H.265 issue.
