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Plugins for VLC 2.x/3.0 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.

This is the eighth release.

Changes:

• Added support for Main10 / RExt streams (i.e. chroma formats 422, 440 and bit depths > 8 bits per pixel) with libde265 1.0.0 or newer.
• Added support for VLC 3.0.

Gangnam Style

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.

This is the seventh release.

Changes:

• Fixed issue where direct rendering was not working correctly for some video resolutions.

Raw bitstreams / MP4 / settings

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.

This is the sixth release.

Changes:

• Added raw HEVC/H.265 bitstream demuxer.
• Added patched MP4 demuxer with support for HEVC/H.265 video.
• Decode NAL blocks in extra data, fixes crashes/image errors with
  some packetized streams.
• Added first entries to VLC settings (demuxer/codec).

Direct rendering, frame dropping, libde265 0.7

Plugin 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, a modified TS demuxer is included which has support for HEVC streams.

This is the fifth release.

Changes:

• Include "libde265" in module description.
• Various cleanup, smaller code changes from feedback of VLC developers.
• Now requires libde265 0.7.
• Notify libde265 about frames to drop.
• Disable deblocking/SAO when dropping frames to further speed up decoding.
• Support direct rendering by decoding directly into VLC pictures.

MPEG-TS

Plugin 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, a modified TS demuxer is included which has support for HEVC streams.

This is the third release.

Initial release

Plugin 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.

This is the first release.