Re: Getting Bullseye's VLC to read/play H265 videos
On Sun, 2021-10-31 at 12:58 -0500, 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.
>
> > > "I have various h265 CODECS installed"
> > VLC does not require any codecs to work, what do you mean by that?
>
> That was me foolishly installing various CODECs in the hope it might help.
> :-(⠀⠀
>
>
I had a similar issues with a camera and its H264 files. The fix I
found was to make sure the camera was set to CBR not VBR (constant vs
variable bit rate).
--
Chris
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