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Questions related to High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) under Ubuntu.

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How to install H.265 / HEVC codec on Ubuntu Linux?

I have seen that the new DivX Player 10 shows off H.265/HEVC playback, the successor of H.264. I wonder how I may get this support in Linux. Is there a need to install a codec specific for this format? How?
Majal
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unable to play HEVC files on ubuntu 14.04 LTE

I have tried VLC and totem players but they are not working. I then searched and re-installed the VLC with latest version available, this time I am getting a green layer on the video. Any help?
Tejucb
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How do I solve green layer problem while playing HEVC in Ubuntu 14.04?

I have a HEVC (x.265) video. I am trying to play it in latest VLC (Rincewind 2.1.6) in Ubuntu 14.04. I have already installed VLC plugin for HEVC. Here is the screenshot: However, when I try to play video, a green layer is coming over the video.…
soham
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VLC 2.2.1 doesn't play HEVC/H.265 encoded videos

When I try to play H.265 encoded videos on VLC Player 2.2.1 (WeatherMax) on Ubuntu 14.04, I get the following error: Codec not supported: VLC could not decode the format "hevc" (MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265)) I can play the same videos using other…
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Set bit depth in FFmpeg encoding for HEVC?

FFmpeg is now supporting 10-bit and 12-bit encoding for x265, But I couldn't find the proper command line options for encode them in those bit depths. Can someone specify that options?
Danial Behzadi
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HEVC/H265 videos not playing in SM Player

I use SM Player for all videos. Whenever i try to play HEVC/H265 videos sm player doesn't play it. There is no h265 listed in codec list. screen-shot:- http://prntscr.com/92x1is I use Gnome Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit I have latest version of SM…
Akshay Birajdar
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ffmpeg - How do I convert x265 10bit to x265 8bit

My media player does not support 10bit hevc content, how can I convert my 10bit hevc files to 8bit?
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How do I convert videos to H.265/HEVC format in Ubuntu?

I see that H.265/HEVC encoding is gathering momentum but under some versions of Ubuntu it is not all that easy to produce H.265 video streams. How should I go about using x265, in a manner that integrates with Ubuntu (especially the LTS releases…
andrew.46
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HEVC x265 10-bit not playing on Ubuntu 20.04

I know similar questions have been asked countlessly on this platform, but none seem to have helped me. For a while now, I've been able to play x265 10-bit videos on my system using mpv media player but after updating to Ubuntu 20.04, the videos…
Gozie
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VLC does not support the audio or video format "hevc"

I'm trying to run an .mkv video, I even installed the codecs from this page: How to install all existing media codecs? But still keep getting this error on VLC player: No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format…
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HEVC (x265) on Ubuntu 15.04 is not working (even after installing vlc-plugin-libde265)

I tried installing ppa from strukturag with the vlc plugin but every time I play a movie, I get a green layer over the video. On other players, such as smplayer, it only plays the audio without any output. The video is not corrupted because if I…
Diego Sebastian Mera
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HEVC video playback on Chrome with Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't work

I'm aware that Chrome added HEVC support in October 2022, and this appears to work on my Windows PC, however playback of the same video isn't working on my Ubuntu 22.04 laptop. I'm using Chrome Version 109.0.5414.119 (Official Build) (64-bit). The…
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How to compile FFmpeg with x265 support?

Today I found out that x265 is already present in ffmpeg so I compiled ffmpeg with this guide Sadly libx265 did not work on ubuntu, however on windows I tried the same thing with zeranoe ffmpeg build and it worked without a problem. So do you think…
Levan
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Hardware decoding on 18.04 with nvidia

I can not get hardware decoding for HEVC 10 bit files and VP9 (YouTube) through web browsers to work. Tried a bunch of online "solutions" with no luck. I have a nVidia GTX 1050 (2GB), running Kubuntu 18.04 with the nVidia driver 430.29. Is nVidia…
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HEVC format convert to MP4 in ubuntu

I have some videos in HEVC x265 format. My usual media players don't support this format. when I go for a quick search I get HandBrake software for converting this kind of format. Do you have any cool software of any idea for converting or play such…
Arun V Jose
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