# Rocky 9.8: VLC broken for x265 since upgrade to ffmpeg-7.1.5

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [October 14, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842 "2026-10-14T15:06:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Danny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Danny](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Danny)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842/1 "2026-10-14T15:06:12Z")

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Since RPMfusion upgraded ffmpeg to ffmpeg-7.1.5, it seems vlc can no longer play x265 videos. I get:

“main decoder error: Codec `hevc’ (MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265)) is not supported.”

Possibly relevant packages.

vlc-plugin-pipewire-3-1.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-libs-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugins-extra-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugins-freeworld-3.0.24-1.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugins-base-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-cli-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugins-video-out-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-ffmpeg-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-gnome-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-notify-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-pulseaudio-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-plugin-visualization-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-gui-qt-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-gui-skins2-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64  
vlc-3.0.24-2.el9.x86\_64

ffmpeg5-libavutil-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg5-libswresample-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg5-libavcodec-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg-libs-7.1.5-1.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg5-libavformat-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg-7.1.5-1.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg5-libpostproc-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64  
ffmpeg5-libswscale-free-5.1.9-3.el9.x86\_64

Anyone else seeing this?

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**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842/2 "2026-10-14T17:40:51Z")

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Yes it happens from time to time, even if using rpmfusion on Fedora.

Doesn’t have anything to do with Rocky, since VLC is in EPEL, and the h264/265 codecs are from rpmfusion and neither maintained by the Rocky team.

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**Author:** ![Ritov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Ritov](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Ritov)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842/3 "2026-10-14T18:10:45Z")

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@Danny - open a bug report here [https://bugzilla.redhat.com](https://bugzilla.redhat.com) . Select Fedora → Fedora EPEL

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**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842/4 "2026-10-14T18:21:31Z")

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Note that ffmpeg can sometimes be in two repos at once, and that appears to be the case here.

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**Author:** ![Danny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Danny](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Danny)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-8-vlc-broken-for-x265-since-upgrade-to-ffmpeg-7-1-5/20842/5 "2026-10-16T12:19:49Z")

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Thanks all. I’ve moved this query over to Bugzilla / EPEL.