Request of vlc-libde265

[radissthor]

vlc-libde265

Plugins for VLC 2.x to support HEVC decoding using libde265. For VLC versions below 2.1, a modified MKV demuxer is included which has support for HEVC streams. For VLC versions below 2.2, modified MPEG-TS and MP4 demuxers are included which have support for HEVC streams.

Any chance to get this codec backported to Mepis?

Thanks in advance,

[Stevo]

It's been in the M12 test repo since February...http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 88&t=37725

No response from anyone, so it's still in testing.

Don't know if VLC 2.2.1 in MX 15 supports hevc natively, I think it does.

Tested, yes it does.

[Earl57]

I remember when this issue came up--I installed mpv, which plays hevc perfectly. I, too, am using M12.

[Stevo]

I remember when this issue came up--I installed mpv, which plays hevc perfectly. I, too, am using M12.

Yes, our updated mplayer can also handle playback nicely--I think x265 and ffmpeg are the only things we have that can transcode to it--maybe the avconv in libav-tools 11.4 can handle it.

[radissthor]

It's been in the M12 test repo since February...http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 88&t=37725

No response from anyone, so it's still in testing.

Don't know if VLC 2.2.1 in MX 15 supports hevc natively, I think it does.

Tested, yes it does.

I enabled the test repos and tried to install it, but everytime I tried, I got the broken packages message. This is in Mepis12.

EDIT: I also tried installing the mvp and mplayer and was also greeted by the broken packages. Before selecting packages for installation the reload button works OK, and I was able to to an upgrade a few packages successfully. I was also able to install another package -aeolus, which also had some dependencies- successfully. So the problem seems, so far, so be circumscribed to the vlc codec, mplayer and mpv player. I wonder what they all have in common....=/

[timkb4cq]

I'm running MEPIS 12 64bit, and I just installed libde265 and vlc-plugin-libde265 from the test repo using Synaptic. No issues. My installed vlc is version 2.1.5-1mcr120+1

Do you have Synaptic's Distribution preferences set to prefer packages from mepis ?

[radissthor]

I'm running MEPIS 12 64bit, and I just installed libde265 and vlc-plugin-libde265 from the test repo using Synaptic. No issues. My installed vlc is version 2.1.5-1mcr120+1

Do you have Synaptic's Distribution preferences set to prefer packages from mepis ?

Normally I have it set for 'prefer highest version' but when searching from packages from the test repos I change that option to prefer from Mepis before reloading.

[timkb4cq]

Then we need some more info to find out what's blocking installation for you
Could you open a terminal, su to root, and run

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aptitude why-not vlc-plugin-libde265

If there's a reason it can't be installed, this will show you. If it can't find a reason then see if aptitude will actually install it with

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aptitude install -t mepis vlc-plugin-libde265