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Title: HEVC codec
Post by: Grole on January 26, 2014, 03:27:39 am
Can JRiver play x265 (HEVC codec) files?
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Hendrik on January 26, 2014, 03:36:30 am
If your CPU is fast enough, then yes, it can.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Grole on January 26, 2014, 05:08:59 am
When I play x265 video file there is no video, but there is audio. My CPU is Intel i5 3210M 2,5 GHz. Video settings mode is Red October standard.
Any thoughts?
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Hendrik on January 26, 2014, 05:17:10 am
Which version of MC are you using?
Please update to 19.0.108 at the top of the board if you haven't already, since its a relatively new addition.

Please note that only HEVC files of the final specification are supported. If you have a rather old file which was encoded with a pre-release version of the HEVC specification, it may not work.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: kidxcore on January 28, 2014, 05:38:28 am
hi, the same thing happens for me when i play h265 content as well.
no video, only audio.
i am on 19.0.108

please advise.

thanks
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Hendrik on January 28, 2014, 05:56:17 am
All I can tell you is that those VALID HEVC files play just perfectly here.
Please ensure that you are using Red October Standard or Red October HQ, and not a custom mode.

Here is a test file from DivX of the open Tears of Steel short-film, which I've confirmed to work perfectly:
http://trailers.divx.com/hevc/TearsOfSteelFull12min_1080p_24fps_27qp_1474kbps_GPSNR_42.29_HM11.mkv

Considering that basically all HEVC files which exist in the world are test files at this point, I would wager that you simply have a broken file.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: fitbrit on January 28, 2014, 10:50:53 am
Hendrik, if one's CPU is NOT fast enough, would you expect audio only? That's what I get: i3 530 plus 450GTS
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Hendrik on January 28, 2014, 10:52:32 am
Nah, just terribly stuttering video I imagine.
I just tested on my test system with a completely vanilla install of MC19, just installed yesterday, and the sample I linked above plays perfectly, so not sure what to tell ya. :)

What does the "Streams" menu in the context menu say when you don't get any image? Does it say "hevc"?
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: rayooo on January 28, 2014, 11:18:01 am
I'm an audio only MC user...but just for yuks, I enabled "video" ...downloaded the test video...it played perfectly.
I left all video settings as they were in default.

running MC  19 .108
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: kidxcore on January 29, 2014, 05:05:30 am
All I can tell you is that those VALID HEVC files play just perfectly here.
Please ensure that you are using Red October Standard or Red October HQ, and not a custom mode.

Here is a test file from DivX of the open Tears of Steel short-film, which I've confirmed to work perfectly:
http://trailers.divx.com/hevc/TearsOfSteelFull12min_1080p_24fps_27qp_1474kbps_GPSNR_42.29_HM11.mkv

Considering that basically all HEVC files which exist in the world are test files at this point, I would wager that you simply have a broken file.

hey thanks!
this one works. i supposed the file i played must've been broken or of an older spec or something.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: kidxcore on January 29, 2014, 05:07:49 am
but i have to add, i tried playing the 'broken' file on VLC and it played fine
strange
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: fitbrit on January 29, 2014, 10:07:59 pm
Nah, just terribly stuttering video I imagine.
I just tested on my test system with a completely vanilla install of MC19, just installed yesterday, and the sample I linked above plays perfectly, so not sure what to tell ya. :)

What does the "Streams" menu in the context menu say when you don't get any image? Does it say "hevc"?

I was just being absent-minded. I clicked on the link instead of downloading the video and playing it in MC. Once I did that, it played flawlessly, which was surprising. I had tried an excerpt of that video before and it was a disaster.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: fitbrit on January 29, 2014, 10:09:52 pm
Shouldn't MC's OSD report the file playing at 50% zoom on a 1080p screen? It says 100%.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: Hendrik on January 30, 2014, 01:04:41 am
Its a 1080p file, so why? :)
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: fitbrit on January 30, 2014, 02:06:33 am
Wow, I am so out of it. I saw HEVC and automatically thought UHD, especially after the caption early in the clip that starts "This UHD..."
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: 6233638 on January 30, 2014, 02:54:09 am
You're not the only one that made that mistake. ;D
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: fitbrit on January 30, 2014, 02:45:46 pm
It sure looked nice on my TV. :)
I tried playing the first bridge scene in actual UHD a few weeks ago. It was disasterous.
Title: Re: HEVC codec
Post by: steelman1991 on February 01, 2014, 05:18:20 am
What an odd, but strangely compelling clip  :)

If this is a glimpse of the future of video/film. give me more NOW!!! Looked great on my Panny 65VT30.

Oh and played flawlessly on build 19.0.111.