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No. But nobody can warranty that buying hardware will solve your problem. Personally, I'd be reluctant to recommend buying anything because I can't take responsibility if it does not satisfy you. I am not looking for a warranty and I wouldn't blame someone on a forum trying to help for that. H.265 ...

Is the Gtx 960 the only card on the market right now that will provider smooth playback of 1080p H.265 video?

Am I reading correctly that if I "downgraded" from a GTX970 to a GTX960, I would have hardware support for decoding H.265? If i had that, would VLC player be able to take advantage of hardware decoding?

Even with high spec'd systems, you should not be able to decode HEVC without hardware acceleration. Especially not 4K.

Just to be clear, what do you mean by hardware acceleration? Are we talking GPU assisted? Is this a limitation of VLC or a hardware component on my system?

Hello, I have a new Samsung NX500 digital camera which takes 1080p (60fps) and 4K video (24/30fps) in HEVC format. Neither of these resolutions are playing in the latest VLC player on my desktop. I have a well spec'd machine (i7, 32gb DDR3, GTX 970, Hybrid HDD, windows 10 pro) yet the video plays ch...