Anyhow, I tested the player in Fedora 24 and also Fedora 25, and it seems to work This solution also extends beyond the immediate Ubuntu support, although I expect a native fixĪcross the board very soon. Player extension available, by the same team that has developed the PPA above. Speaking of Fedora, Google Chrome store also has the H.265 / HEVC Sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libde265 Sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-libde265 You want to have a full 4K support for all your software, then you may also want to optionally install theįollowing two packages - please note the difference between the two frameworks ( Gstreamer 0.10 AND Gstreamer 1.0), similar to what I've Then, the repository also offers Gstreamer plugins for other applications, too, like Totem, for instance. Will first need to fully update the system.

Furthermore, this may not work, and you may get a VLC dependency issue if your VLC is too old. If you're interested in the full background story around this issue, you may want to consult the guide for all the However, officially, VLC does support H.265, so it's only a matter of time before this becomes Please note that you might encounter an odd glitch here and there, and the support may only be partial You should be able to play the video clips without any The next step is to update the system and install the missing plugins:Īfter this step is complete, start or restart VLC. Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265 There is a problem, now would you? To wit: Then again, you wouldn't be reading unless Time you are reading this article, the fix may already be in place. This is an interim solution until we get full, integrated support in VLC builds for Ubuntu. At the moment, they are not nativelyĪvailable in the existing repositories, so we will need to add a new PPA. What we need to do is, we need to add the H.265 codecs to our platform. We will fix for Ubuntu first, but then we will also provide a solution for other This will be one of my shortest articles, and I'm sort of struggling with the concept, but we'll do fine. So without spending too much time on pointless Ha, ha! The joke is on you! Of course I'm going to fix this. Unfortunately, there is no way for you to fix this. Not support the audio or video format 'hevc'. It said: No suitable decoder module: VLC does Trusty, and I was surprised by the error. With H.265, and for the first time ever, VLC complained that it did not know what to do.

I tried to play a full HD video that was encoded Recently, I've come across a small, possibly innocent problem.

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