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VLC is unique in its support for every codec under the sun. If it refuses to play a video file, it's probably because it's damaged beyond recovery, or not a vid
by selfhoster11 5y ago
VLC is unique in its support for every codec under the sun. If it refuses to play a video file, it's probably because it's damaged beyond recovery, or not a video file at all. The default Windows and smartphone video players choke on all kinds of files, so you can't really expect that any given file is supported.
- kdjfjf7d7 5y agoMPC with K-lite can play anything and has done it before VLC, calling it unique for that reason alone is a stretch.
- symlinkk 5y agoIsn’t it just a wrapper for ffmpeg?
- zardo 5y ago>VLC is unique in its support for every codec under the sun. If it refuses to play a video file, it's probably because it's damaged beyond recovery, or not a video file at all. Last I checked the recommended method to play h.265 files in VLC was to re-encode them.
- selfhoster11 5y agoRealtime 265 decoding requires hardware support. There's not much they can be done by software it your driver/OS/graphics card combination cannot support that.
- zardo 5y agoMPC manages stutter free playback provided the resolution isn't too high.