[SOLVED] Problem installing HEVC codec

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I am unable to play some videos in VLC and have found out that I need HEVC codec but I am having problems installing it.
After typing

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265

I get;

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W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package python3-cffi-backend-api-min
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package python-cffi-backend-api-max
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package python-cffi-backend-api-min
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package python3-cffi-backend-api-max
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package python3-cffi-backend-api-min
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Unable to locate package vlc-plugin-libde265

Anyone had the same problem or have you managed to install the codec without problems, could you please help me.

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try the suggestions here:

3

Tried that before posting here as I found that solution in a search but it doesn’t work for me, I get the result as posted in my first post.

4

Well you can’t have added the PPA and/or updated the package cache, because that package is in the PPA for 14.04

Run these is sequence:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265

then

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily

then

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get install vlc gstreamer0.10-libde265 libde265 vlc-plugin-libde265
5

I have looked and I have HEVC codec installed (h265). I thought I didn’t as the thumbs were not showing any little picture, making me think that it was broken.
It was only seeing ‘h265’ in the drop-down menu that I realised I did have it.


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1200x1000q90/922/i0ZtmR.jpg

Has a way of displaying the thumbs of videos been made yet or not?

6

Sorry but I don’t understand the question ?

Not sure if I’ll know the answer anyway pooky, I don’t do any video ripping/conversion/editing these days … but maybe someone else will know if you clarify the question a little :slight_smile:

7

It’s sorted.
The problem was, I was downloading video which had HEVC h265 codec and was not displaying a thumbnail, which I thought was broken.
I investigated the problem and found that it was the codec I needed, which you helped me install. I then still thought it was broken/not installed properly as the thumbnail was of a broken film image.

It wasn’t until I saw the result in the post with the picture of the settings for Handbrake showing h265 that I realised that it WAS installed, yet there is still no picture showing for the thumbnail, still just a broken film image.

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It’s quite possible that whatever displays the thumbnails doesn’t understand h265 … I don’t know that much about dolphin and its plugins
(you are a KDE user right ?)

[EDIT]

Duh! of course you are it says so in your sig … learn to be more observant Mark