[SwamyM]

> So what's left? I have a whole bunch of .HEIC photos and I'd really like if Windows Explorer didn't freeze for literal minutes when I open a folder with them.

Yea, how is this still the case in 2025?

My family has a mix of Apple and Samsung devices and they move/backup their pictures to their Windows machines whenever they run out of space but once they move them, they can't easily view or browse them.

I had to download a 3rd party app and teach them to view them from there.

[mr_toad]

Maybe they’re not using hardware acceleration? H265 in software is really slow.