I know the status for the solo4k at least, not sure about the hd51 at the moment. For hevc playback using gstreamer on the solo4k, you'll need OpenPLi 5 (which is not yet released).
h265 / HEVC support
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e.g. the Solo 4k has (of course) h264 codec in hardware, otherwise it would not be able to play HD-TV. But: there is no support for h264 encoded file (so other files then TS), so no playback of them.
That box has also no support for VP9, so many streams will not be decoded.
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ATM i have xTrend ET4000 with h264 support (obviously) and i can play all h264 encoded files either by me (handbrake) or by others. I wrote to the manufacturer (http://mutant-digital.net) but i don't expect an answer soon.
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 13:38
Especially since Mutant doesn't manufacture Xtrends... 
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 16:39
ATM i have xTrend ET4000 with h264 support (obviously) and i can play all h264 encoded files either by me (handbrake) or by others.
As is the case with most (all?) HD boxes.
But when a new codec comes out, there are always issues like that. The first UHD TV's didn't even have any h265 codec on board....
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On a H51 dont play this codec MPEG-H part2/HEVC (H.265) (hevc) 1920x800 whit openpli 4.0
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:27
e.g. the Solo 4k has (of course) h264 codec in hardware, otherwise it would not be able to play HD-TV. But: there is no support for h264 encoded file (so other files then TS), so no playback of them.
That box has also no support for VP9, so many streams will not be decoded.
I guess you mean h265.
The in OpenPli 4 used Gstreamer 0.10 doesn't support h265 playback. And gstreamer is used for playback of media files like mkv, avi, .... Playback of h265 satellite transmission works as gstreamer is not used for this.
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:37
Nope: I mean h264.
Strange as it may sound: the Solo 4k simply has no support for h264 coded files. That's the price you pay for being a (dearly paying) trendsetting customer.....
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:40
But you mean UHD h264 encoded files. Normal 1920x1080 h264 mkv work. Or am I wrong?
Edited by betacentauri, 2 August 2016 - 17:45.
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Re: h265 / HEVC support #30
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:46
They don't.
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:49
Playing back MKV with h264 encoded 1080i meterial (transcoded from a digital camera) works okay on the 4k. I guess that Rob means that you cannot playback 2160p/i material from files.
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:50
Not? Hmm. Booting the 4k now...
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 17:53
Just tested again, MKV plays fine. Also tried an old experimental DVD rip, also plays.
This 4k runs an as of yet unreleased OpenPLi version ("master-next-milo") so that might make a difference.
This 4k runs an as of yet unreleased OpenPLi version ("master-next-milo") so that might make a difference.
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Posted 2 August 2016 - 18:08
Hmmm, I don't have a 4k myself, but I got this info from 'usually very reliable sources'.
But checking that info again I see that I've quoted it wrong. The message should be: "no playback of 4K-files with h264 encoding".
Edited by Rob van der Does, 2 August 2016 - 18:09.
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Hi Rob,
4K h264 does not work on Solo 4K.
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e.g. the Solo 4k has (of course) h264 codec in hardware, otherwise it would not be able to play HD-TV. But: there is no support for h264 encoded file (so other files then TS), so no playback of them.
That box has also no support for VP9, so many streams will not be decoded.
I guess you mean h265.
The in OpenPli 4 used Gstreamer 0.10 doesn't support h265 playback. And gstreamer is used for playback of media files like mkv, avi, .... Playback of h265 satellite transmission works as gstreamer is not used for this.
Aaaaah, thats why 
Ok. So the Gstreamer used by OpenPLi would just have to use a plugin for that. Wouldn't it be easy just to install the libde265 plugin from strukturag? If this cannot be done in the image - for whatever reason - this could be done manually by either selecting the plugin via GUI or via ipkg, right?
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Posted 3 August 2016 - 13:49
But checking that info again I see that I've quoted it wrong. The message should be: "no playback of 4K-files with h264 encoding".
Yes that is true and it has been known for some time, it's no big news. There are no issues with h264 on the solo4k whatsoever, both DVB and media.
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Re: h265 / HEVC support #38
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Posted 3 August 2016 - 13:50
I know the status for the solo4k at least, not sure about the hd51 at the moment. For hevc playback using gstreamer on the solo4k, you'll need OpenPLi 5 (which is not yet released).
For someone who mentioned this a few posts ago, yes, so this is also no news.
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Posted 3 August 2016 - 14:45
But checking that info again I see that I've quoted it wrong. The message should be: "no playback of 4K-files with h264 encoding".
Yes that is true and it has been known for some time, it's no big news. There are no issues with h264 on the solo4k whatsoever, both DVB and media.
Nope, it's not news, but there are issues. There are quite a number of 4k streams encoded with h264, and the 4k doesn't play them. Same story for VP9.
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Posted 3 August 2016 - 16:13
Afaik is there no h265 plugin for gstreamer 0.10 available. The mentioned plugin is for Gstreamer 1.x.
You'll have to wait until OpenPli 5 is released or have to switch to other image.
You'll have to wait until OpenPli 5 is released or have to switch to other image.
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