unable to play HEVC files on ubuntu 14.04 LTE

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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?

possible duplicate of How to install H.265 / HEVC codec on Ubuntu Linux? — jeshurun, Sep 22 '15 at 06:38

score 125 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 07:26

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VLC out of the box does not play HEVC files. To fix this we need to install libde265 via PPA, which is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec.

Open up the Terminal and run the commands below:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265

VLC should now play these media files.

Source: http://www.unixmen.com/fix-vlc-not-support-audio-video-format-hevc/

answered Jun 02 '15 at 07:26

Parto

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Only fix I could get to work for HEVC files in VLC. Cheers. – Docconcoct Oct 10 '15 at 00:15
That worked for me. – Rodrigo Oct 27 '15 at 00:40
In my system I could not add the repository ppa. Its telling me to check the PPA name and address. I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Please help. – Anirban Nov 20 '15 at 05:42
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Does this help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/429803/cannot-add-ppa-please-check-that-the-ppa-name-or-format-is-correct – Parto Nov 20 '15 at 06:36
Doing this broke down vlc altogether for me (Error opening framebuffer device!). – sygi Feb 04 '17 at 12:19
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Thank you. Worked like a charm without even restarting machine. – Waseem Mar 16 '17 at 14:18
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I cannot install from strukturag PPA (Xubuntu 16.04.3) - E: Unable to locate package vlc-plugin-libde265. Any idea why? – Sebastian Dec 28 '17 at 00:17

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '15 at 18:49

The above solution does not worked for me. But I found another solution and worked fine for me:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-libde265
sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 11:02

I had to upgrade VLC first, for which I used the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/trusty-media/ .

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Don't forget to purge and remove these repos before upgrading to new Ubuntu version!

Then I installed the vlc-plugin, see the other answer. And it started working.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265

Summed up at https://developer.jboss.org/people/ozizka/blog/2016/03/15/vlc-221-and-hevc-in-ubuntu-1404-lts .

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