Which media player would you recommend for playing HEVC files? If you are looking for a media player to play HEVC/H.265 video files on your Windows or Mac computer, you may wish to read this post.
Actually, VLC is considered as one of the best media players to play HEVC/H.265 files. However, if your machine is not powerful enough, you may run into choppy playbacks and endless hiccups, especially playing 4K HEVC videos. In that case, we would recommend converting HEVC/H.265 files to the widely-accepted H.264 MP4 format. This requires a third party HEVC to MP4 Converter. Read on to learn a simple guide on how to convert HEVC/H.265 files for playing.
How to transcode HEVC files for playing on a Mac or Windows PC?
Here’s what you need
H.265/HEVC Converter
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Start up H.265/HEVC to MP4 Converter. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Import’ to input your source media.
Step 2: Select your required file type as output format
This H.265/HEVC decoder for Windows/Mac offers a wide variety of output formats for users to choose from. You can select one as target format depending on your end use. To convert H.265 files to MP4 format, simply select an .mp4 profile as target format under ‘HD Video’ or ‘Common Video’ column.
Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.
Step 4: Start H.265/HEVC files to MP4 Conversion
When ready, click ‘Start’ to begin format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the generated MP4 files.
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