
This can be caused by many reasons, for example, bad VLC hardware decoding, corrupted file, 4K or higher resolution, old computer configuration, etc. Though VLC is supposed to play HVC1 videos, you may still encounter HVC1 VLC errors sometimes. Part 2: What to Do if VLC can't Play HVC1 Codec? VLC, as it supports different containers, codecs, and tags, is a useful video player that is able to open HVC1 videos. To check the codec ID of HEVC files, use the MediaInfo: menu -> View -> Tree -> Video -> Codec ID "hev1" or "hvc1". The format of the elementary stream depends upon the codec or data carried in the stream. An elementary stream may also be called "elementary", "data", "audio", or "video" bitstreams or streams. HEV1 /HEVC/H.265 indicates parameter sets may be in ES.Īccording to Wiki, an elementary stream (ES) is usually the output of an audio encoder or video encoder.HVC1 /HEVC/H.265 indicates parameter sets shall not be in ES.For example, newer Apple devices record videos using HVC1/H.265 codec, and HEVC decoder by Apple is limited to "hvc1" subcodec, while Handbrake tags h.265 files as 'hev1'. H.265 videos use both HVC1 and HEV1 codec IDs.


Simply put, codec ID is a unique registered identifier that represents the encoding stored within the Track. HVC1 is a file extension that contains RAW data encoded with H.265/HEVC video compression file format. Part 3: Fixes to Solve VLC can't Play HEV1 Codec Error.Part 2: Fixes to Solve VLC Doesn't Support HVC1 Codec Error.
