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Sarah Szabo
Asked: 2019-05-15 12:20:04 +0800 CST

VLC Can't Play UHD Video Shot From my Phone?

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When I try to play video shot from my phone in 4K, the player just stops at one of the first frames.

My Samsung Note 9 Rear Camera shoots in 16:9 UHD at 60FPS and uses the HEVC codec.

When I transfer it to my computer the first few frames play and then the video stream freezes but the track counter keeps going.

Hardware Decoding is set to automatic. Hardware Decoding

My hardware specs on my computer are decent, so I would expect to be able to run UHD at 60FPS.

Hardware Specs:

CPU GPU

How can I get VLC to play this type of media?

EDIT 0: Text from VLC command line when playing video

sarah@LesserArk:~/Camera$ vlc 
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85f73)
[000055ac4dfee570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000055ac4dff24e0] main playlist: playlist is empty
uint DBusMenuExporterDBus::GetLayout(int, int, const QStringList&, DBusMenuLayoutItem&): Condition failed: menu
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder: Using NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  418.56  Fri Mar 15 12:31:51 CDT 2019 for hardware decoding
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Failed setup for format vdpau: hwaccel initialisation returned error.
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: existing hardware acceleration cannot be reused
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc69b80] Could not find ref with POC 28
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcccab80] Could not find ref with POC 34
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcca9ac0] Could not find ref with POC 44
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 50
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc993c0] Could not find ref with POC 8
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcccab80] Could not find ref with POC 12
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcca9ac0] Could not find ref with POC 38
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Could not find ref with POC 4
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc993c0] Could not find ref with POC 18
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 24
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccba280] Could not find ref with POC 34
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccfc700] Could not find ref with POC 40
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcccab80] Could not find ref with POC 48
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 2
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccba280] Could not find ref with POC 28
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 44
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcccab80] Could not find ref with POC 2                                                             
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Could not find ref with POC 8                                                             
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 18                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc993c0] Could not find ref with POC 24                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccfc700] Could not find ref with POC 32                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 42                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Could not find ref with POC 46                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 12                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccba280] Could not find ref with POC 38
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 52
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccfc700] Could not find ref with POC 8
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcca9ac0] Could not find ref with POC 14
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Could not find ref with POC 22
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 32
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc69b80] Could not find ref with POC 36
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccfc700] Could not find ref with POC 2
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fe8fcc33140] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccba280] Could not find ref with POC 24
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcca9ac0] Could not find ref with POC 42
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 48
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc5b8c0] Could not find ref with POC 4
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccdb4c0] Could not find ref with POC 12
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccba280] Could not find ref with POC 22
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fccebe00] Could not find ref with POC 26
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcccab80] Could not find ref with POC 52
[hevc @ 0x7fe8fcc993c0] Could not find ref with POC 18
uint DBusMenuExporterDBus::GetLayout(int, int, const QStringList&, DBusMenuLayoutItem&): Condition failed: menu
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

EDIT 1: After Installing vdpauinfo vdpauinfo was not installed. I installed it, but the video was still laggy. Here was the command line info:

sarah@LesserArk:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85f73)
[0000556eff2bc570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0000556eff2c04e0] main playlist: playlist is empty
uint DBusMenuExporterDBus::GetLayout(int, int, const QStringList&, DBusMenuLayoutItem&): Condition failed: menu
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder: Using NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  418.56  Fri Mar 15 12:31:51 CDT 2019 for hardware decoding
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c5c100] Failed setup for format vdpau: hwaccel initialisation returned error.
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: existing hardware acceleration cannot be reused
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cfcf80] Could not find ref with POC 26
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8caa2c0] Could not find ref with POC 32                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c6a340] Could not find ref with POC 42                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8ccb440] Could not find ref with POC 48                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c99bc0] Could not find ref with POC 56                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c5c100] Could not find ref with POC 6                                                             
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8caa2c0] Could not find ref with POC 10                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c6a340] Could not find ref with POC 36                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cec640] Could not find ref with POC 2                                                             
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c5c100] Could not find ref with POC 16                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cbab40] Could not find ref with POC 22                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c99bc0] Could not find ref with POC 32                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cdbd80] Could not find ref with POC 38                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8caa2c0] Could not find ref with POC 46                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c6a340] Could not find ref with POC 56                                                            
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cbab40] Could not find ref with POC 0                                                             
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8c99bc0] Could not find ref with POC 26                                                            
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007f5ac8c1cec0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cdbd80] Could not find ref with POC 0
[hevc @ 0x7f5ac8cfcf80] Could not find ref with POC 22
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