How to install H265 in ubuntu?

[remmas-sido]

Hello guys
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, and I'm wondering how to install H265. that's all

[FakeOutdoorsman]

For encoding? Decoding? Playback?

[dino99]

https://viewsby.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/vlc-player-install-h-265-hevc-codec-on-ubuntu-linux/

[remmas-sido]

For encoding? Decoding? Playback?
Playback

[mc4man]

Add this ppa, update your sources
https://launchpad.net/~strukturag/+archive/ubuntu/libde265

For totem or other gst players install - gstreamer0.10-libde265
For vlc install - vlc-plugin-libde265

should then handle many h.265 files

[SeijiSensei]

I see Doug modestly refrained from suggesting that you use his mplayer build (https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/mplayer-test) which also includes a codec for H.265/HEVC.

$ mplayer -vc help | grep hevc
ffhevc ffmpeg working FFmpeg HEVC / H.265 [hevc]

You can add his PPA, then install mplayer and smplayer, a full-featured GUI interface for mplayer.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mplayer-test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mplayer smplayer

[tristan16]

What do I need to install to encode H.265/HEVC? After installing this plugin, VLC still tells me the LibAV/FFMpeg (libavcodec) is missing the encoder HPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265).

[mc4man]

What do I need to install to encode H.265/HEVC? After installing this plugin, VLC still tells me the LibAV/FFMpeg (libavcodec) is missing the encoder HPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265).

If for some reason you want vlc to convert to hevc than read here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2141949

[mc4man]

If for some reason you want vlc to convert to hevc than read here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2141949

I wouldn't bother with vlc to convert, especialy thru it's built-in profiles (who ever named, set up the h264 & h265 profiles was clearly not paying any attention at all..
Just use an enabled ffmpeg - small sample of fairly extreme reduction here, 10:1, (orig 39MB) - looks ok for such, could be better probably..
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/efe3b1fa

[tristan16]

If for some reason you want vlc to convert to hevc than read here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2141949

I'll just stick with H.264 then. I try to avoid building from source code so I don't break something.


I wouldn't bother with vlc to convert, especialy thru it's built-in profiles (who ever named, set up the h264 & h265 profiles was clearly not paying any attention at all..
Just use an enabled ffmpeg - small sample of fairly extreme reduction here, 10:1, (orig 39MB) - looks ok for such, could be better probably..
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/efe3b1fa

You make it sound like it's bad to use VLC for converting. I've used VLC for all of my conversion ever since I started using it to play DVDs on Windows XP. True, the profile names are incorrect, but I customize the settings anyway.

[mc4man]

I'll just stick with H.264 then.

You make it sound like it's bad to use VLC for converting.
No, this thread & your query where about h.265. For that, yes, vlc is not that good.

[puttux]

I see Doug modestly refrained from suggesting that you use his mplayer build (https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/mplayer-test) which also includes a codec for H.265/HEVC.

$ mplayer -vc help | grep hevc
ffhevc ffmpeg working FFmpeg HEVC / H.265 [hevc]

You can add his PPA, then install mplayer and smplayer, a full-featured GUI interface for mplayer.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mplayer-test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mplayer smplayer


Thanks a lot.