Support HEVC codec

[gradha]

I'm starting to find files with this codec. VLC plays them back but Movist doesn't. Is this a matter of updating the source trees from the contrib directory or does it require more work? Example of file info using ffmpeg:

  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: isom
    creation_time   : 2014-07-11 14:03:26
  Duration: 00:03:34.21, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5959 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv), 1280x720, 5729 kb/s, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 60k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2014-07-11 14:02:59
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 223 kb/s (default)

[samiamwork]

Hard to tell without seeing the problem. Do you have a sample file that exhibits the problem that you can upload somewhere for me to try?

Sorry, that doesn't really fit the issue (thinking of something else while typing). Let me rephrase that: Do you have a sample I can test with?

[gradha]

Ah, already deleted the file. Found another at http://labs.divx.com/node/127909, the DivX HEVC 720p sample works in VLC. Also, using ffmpeg -i file.mkv -strict -2 out.mp4 produces a viewable file.

[samiamwork]

Thanks for the link. It looks like it just requires a new version of libav. Unfortunately it looks like it would require an upgrade to the 10.x line which, while probably not that hard, it does have some API changes to deal with.