10 bit H265 Playback on S805

PatrickJB · September 7, 2016 at 2:10 PM

This has been picked up in the main S805 thread. Has anybody got a fix for playing back 10 bit H265 on the S805?

**kszaq** · September 7, 2016 at 2:16 PM

S805 is not capable of hardware decoding 10-bit H265 and will probably never be. Only software decoding of low-bitrate and low-resolution videos is possible.

PatrickJB · September 7, 2016 at 2:25 PM

Quote from kszaq

S805 is not capable of hardware decoding 10-bit H265 and will probably never be. Only software decoding of low-bitrate and low-resolution videos is possible.

Ahh! So we're screwed!

Well everything else plays great so it's just the way it is.

**mmpp** · September 7, 2016 at 7:31 PM

Hi,

I just installed the latest libreelec version on my MK808B+ and tested HEVC playback over network. 8bit files played flawlessly and smooth, 10bit files are jerky and garbled. As S805 does not support HEVC Main10 encoded files, everything is working as intended.

If you want to find out if your own files are 10bit or 8bit, press "o" during playback and check the 3rd line. 10bit files will be marked as "HEVC (Main10)". You need an S905 box to play those.

PatrickJB · September 7, 2016 at 8:18 PM

Quote from mmpp

Hi,

I just installed the latest libreelec version on my MK808B+ and tested HEVC playback over network. 8bit files played flawlessly and smooth, 10bit files are jerky and garbled. As S805 does not support HEVC Main10 encoded files, everything is working as intended.

If you want to find out if your own files are 10bit or 8bit, press "o" during playback and check the 3rd line. 10bit files will be marked as "HEVC (Main10)". You need an S905 box to play those.

OK, I'll try that tomorrow and report back.