Re: Getting Bullseye's VLC to read/play H265 videos

[Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz>]

On 10/31/21 19:58, Intense Red wrote:
>> Works out of the box on mine. Played H265 4K no problem. What is the
>> error you're getting?
> 
>    VLC doesn't give an error, it just endlessly tries loading and reloading 
> the file (a video from a security camera).
> 
>    I'm guessing it's some oddity in the file format produced by the cheap 
> Chinese security camera. Purportedly ffmpeg can convert the file to another more 
> common format; that's my next step to deal with the issue.
> 

If VLC is not hard requirement then you can try SMPlayer/mpv or mpv only.

Kind regards
Georgi