4K/8K streaming, Blu-ray UHD, video conferencing, security cameras, and mobile video recording (iOS, Android).
| Issue | Details | |-------|---------| | | 4K HEVC playback may be impossible on pre-2015 CPUs without a GPU that supports HEVC decoding. | | HDR tonemapping | VLC can convert HDR to SDR for non-HDR displays, but quality is inferior to dedicated players like MPV or MPC-BE with madVR. | | Dolby Vision | VLC does not support Dolby Vision (profile 5/8). It will fall back to the base HDR10 layer. | | 10-bit/12-bit playback | Works in software, but some older GPUs cannot accelerate 10-bit HEVC. | | Live HEVC streams | RTSP/HTTP live HEVC streams may desync audio; adjusting network caching helps. | vlc player hevc
Set "Hardware-accelerated decoding" to or DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) 2.0 . Click Save and restart the player. | | Dolby Vision | VLC does not
For the vast majority of users playing typical 1080p or 4K HEVC files on modern hardware, that requires no additional purchases or codec packs. | | Live HEVC streams | RTSP/HTTP live