[IDEA] Raspberry Pi 2 and H.265/HEVC?

[syco]

Thanks, mates, for the information. What I just do not understand,
is the massive CPU power needed just to watch one of those movies.

I do not mean the physical facts, but are we really talking about the
same stuff regarding the coded files?

What I have in mind are not those huge 10 GB blu-ray sizes. I am
talking about small 300 MB movies with a resolution of max 480p
or 720p.

Something like that: http://kickass.so/white-collar-s06e06-au-revoir-720p-web-dl-2ch-x265-hevc-psa-mkv-t10171535.html

I just can not imagine, a dual-core processor would not be enough
and really EVERY user now has to own an i7 quad-core computer
to watch that stuff.

I have an i7, so I can not test it on my PC, but I also have a four or
five year old laptop with an old dual-core processor. I will check out,
if I can watch one of those files there.