[quote=ltsddd][quote=gzz]VLC media player is free and plays everything.
It could play h264 years ago. I think there’s a newer 265 now too.[/quote]
I have been a loyal VLC fan for years but it fails miserably with the .h264 files (those that I grab from my security cameras).
Upgraded to latest (3.x), nope.
Downgraded to some really old version (2.x), nope.
Set this, set that (demuxers, h/w accelerator), nope.
Tried GOM Player, nope.
Finally found PotPlayer, created by the same folks that created Kakao, that works like a charm without tweakings.[/quote]
It could be that the video file is actually violating the H264 format standard. VLC has gotten a little ‘anal’ about it because being ‘forgiving’ of invalid standards can make VLC exploitable by intentional tampering with the video file.
