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Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 16 Dec 2021 04:11

Hi there,

I cannot play 264 file on VLC. I have the latest version of VLC and using it on macOS Monterey.

I cannot work out how to post the file onto this post for people to troubleshoot and let me know where I am going wrong, but the file is called A211216_112722_112736.264

I have adjusted the input/codecs > demuxers and saved h264 video demuxer.

Still nothing.

Does anyone have any solutions?

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby fkuehne » 16 Dec 2021 10:05

Did you restart VLC after changing the setting?
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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby InTheWings » 16 Dec 2021 10:42

provide file
:!: 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
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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 16 Dec 2021 23:57

Yes, I restarted VLC after making changes / saving demuxer change.

Sorry for dumb question, but how do I attach file on this board? LOL dumb question, but I cannot work out how to do it???

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby bubu? » 17 Dec 2021 10:24

It isn't a dumb question.

You can upload your files through another web service(wetransfer, etc.) or cloud services(GDrive, iCloud, Mega, Dropbox, etc.).
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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 23 Dec 2021 00:02

Please have a look at this file and let me know why VLC can't play it???

https://www.dropbox.com/s/34fgy07l147tz ... 0.264?dl=0

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby Lotesdelere » 23 Dec 2021 12:24

Please have a look at this file and let me know why VLC can't play it???
https://www.dropbox.com/s/34fgy07l147tz ... 0.264?dl=0

https://www.spitzner.org/kkmoon.html

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 23 Dec 2021 23:44

OK - interesting, so you are saying it is a problem with the framerate not being documented in the file.

Is there an easy way to fix this, as I cannot really understand what the thread in https://www.spitzner.org/kkmoon.html is saying. I am also using a mac and saw the .exe file, so I also assume this person was using a windows machine.

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby Bowdon » 05 Jan 2022 20:44

I'm not sure if version 3.0.2 version is available for the macOS but I was able to have playback of .264 files.

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 12 Jan 2022 05:09

HI there,

I downloaded 3.0.2 at https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.2/macosx/vlc-3.0.2.dmg, but unfortunately, when I load the file VLC crashes.

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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby InTheWings » 12 Jan 2022 10:06

:!: 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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Re: Cannot play 264 file

Postby james_bisson » 16 Jan 2022 00:03

So after a while of trying to deal with this, I have found an easy solution, although it is not perfect. I have found these products work to decode the scrambled frame speed.

Try https://iina.io/ for a mac
Try Genbolt Cam Video Player at http://genbolt.com/blog/downloads for windows.

Hopefully, this helps anyone else with the same issue.


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