Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

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Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

Postby jerryskids » 10 Feb 2024 05:40

I've used this VLC version for many years and I love it. But I have trouble playing HEVC (H.265) files. They hesitate and stop when I play them.
I googled how to troubleshoot this at (https://www.free-codecs.com/guides/play ... ayback.htm).
I tried all of the options it lists in VLC Tools->Preferences->Input/Codecs and none of them work.

Some of my mkv and mp4 files in VLC do exactly the same thing (hesitate).

How do I get these files to play?

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Re: Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

Postby Lotesdelere » 10 Feb 2024 14:13

Version 3.0.14 is a bit old, you should update to latest VLC version, v3.0.20 as of today.

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Re: Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

Postby jerryskids » 12 Feb 2024 07:18

Someone in another forum told me that my CPU or GPU might not be strong enough to play the files. My CPU is an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10GHz 4.10 GHz. I don't think it's my CPU and I'm using Windows 10.

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Re: Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

Postby Lotesdelere » 12 Feb 2024 12:32

Have you tried with VLC v3.0.20 ?
And what is your graphics card ?

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Re: Trouble playing HEVC files (and some mkv, mp4 files) in VLC 3.0.14

Postby InTheWings » 19 Feb 2024 09:59

:!: If you want your problem to be solved :
* First read troubleshooting guide VSG:Main
* Always provide verbose LOGS ! (command line or from gui)
* Always check your issue against a developer build from Nightly Build of VLC
* Tell us when your problem is solved !


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