Hope somebody can point me in the right direction--I either have a video player limitation or I'm missing a driver for a specific video format.
This desktop computer is running Windows 11 Home 64-bit, and has Nvidia GTX-1650 graphics, i5 processor with 10 cores, 2.5 GHz. The monitor is a 32-inch Samsung 3840x2160 16:9 that does HDR.
Everything is about 1 year old. I am using VLC Media Player latest version 3.0.20. This combo will play 2160p HDR video files in common file formats (primarily mkv, avi, mp4) in h265 no problem. It will play 1080p in h264 with no problem. But I get "We cannot play [filename] it uses unsupported encoding settings. " when I try to play 1080p h265 HDR content.
It is not clear about whether it's unsupported because VLC Media Player doesn't support that format or because there's a missing driver. This 1080p/HDR/h265 content plays fine on non-computer devices (Amazon FireTV Stick Max Pro running VLC media player, various SmartTVs running VLC media player, etc.), but it won't play on the computer.
This desktop computer is running Windows 11 Home 64-bit, and has Nvidia GTX-1650 graphics, i5 processor with 10 cores, 2.5 GHz. The monitor is a 32-inch Samsung 3840x2160 16:9 that does HDR.
Everything is about 1 year old. I am using VLC Media Player latest version 3.0.20. This combo will play 2160p HDR video files in common file formats (primarily mkv, avi, mp4) in h265 no problem. It will play 1080p in h264 with no problem. But I get "We cannot play [filename] it uses unsupported encoding settings. " when I try to play 1080p h265 HDR content.
It is not clear about whether it's unsupported because VLC Media Player doesn't support that format or because there's a missing driver. This 1080p/HDR/h265 content plays fine on non-computer devices (Amazon FireTV Stick Max Pro running VLC media player, various SmartTVs running VLC media player, etc.), but it won't play on the computer.
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