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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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This doesn't answer the Linux part of the question.
What does "licensing issue" means for the laptop itself? Is HEVC disabled at BIOS/firmware level, or it is just disabled at Windows driver level?
In the latter case, HEVC should work with Linux, as it uses generic Intel/AMD drivers, instead of specific Dell/HP ones.
It's enabled at the hardware level only if the hevc license is paid, usually by the OEM (such as dell or hp).