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Adding HEVC support to old version of VLC

Postby MidnightCoder » 09 Feb 2016 17:34

I'm wondering if it is possible to play h.265 files using VLC 1.x by copying the right newer dll from VLC 2.x to the VLC 1.x folder? Or this is impossible?
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Re: Adding HEVC support to old version of VLC

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 09 Feb 2016 19:25

By copying? No.
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Re: Adding HEVC support to old version of VLC

Postby MidnightCoder » 09 Feb 2016 20:21

By copying? No.
Any other way other than upgrading to 2.x plus?
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Re: Adding HEVC support to old version of VLC

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 09 Feb 2016 20:29

Yeah: Backport and compile yourself.
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