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New user here. I have a security camera NVR (Smonet brand) running under Eseecloud). For the first time, I need to play back a saved video recording. Everyone I asked told me VLC was the way to go. I dragged the file (AVI format, 2.65GB) into VLC. When I try to play it I get the following error message: "Codec not supported VLC could not decode the format "X265" (No description for this codec)". Can someone tell a neophyte what this means and what I should due to figure out how to play this video? Google tells me a codec is a compression technology but beyond that, I don't have a clue! (I am not a developer, coder, etc., etc., just someone who needs to play a video. Thanks, Bill

Is this with VLC 3.0.16?

Yes - Version 3.0.16 Vetinari (Intel 64bit) on an iMac (Monterey)

Can you privately share a file with us? https://streams.videolan.org/upload/ This is not normal.

I'll upload the file.

(In looking at the VLC Version it occurs. to me that I am actually on an M1 (Apple) chip and not Intel. Perhaps I need a different version of VLC.)



Bill

No, VLC works the same on Intel and M1. This is a bug

Your uploader has a 1GB limit. My file is 2.65GB. I can send it to an email address using WeTransfer if that works for you. (They'll send you a link to download the file. No need to create an account.)

Maybe you can do a smaller sample? 100MB should be enough.

Sorry for not getting back to you. It will be Wednesday before I can send the file due travel issues. Thanks for your patience.

No rush, thanks for your prompt feedback!

I uploaded a file yesterday. Just wanted to make sure you got it. - Bill

Thanks, I was able to reproduce your problem and created a bug report accordingly: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/26853

That was easy to fix. You'll have that working soon.