playback issues in Windows10/VLC/Resolve with 4:2:2 footage S5M2

[schoen_abcde]

After downloading and installing the HEVC video extensions from the Microsoft store I still have a problem with my recently purchased Panasonic S5M2.


To my horror, I see that 4:2:2 footage is not playing properly on my Windows PC. That means I can't play it properly in VLC and can import it into Davinci Resolve but also run into playback problems there.

How can I solve this?

I have an AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 16GB of internal memory as CPU and a GTX 1080 as GPU with 8GB of RAM. I use Windows 10 22H2 and have always updated the graphics driver (is now version 537.13).

 

[mcantsin]

Use the Open Source mpv player instead of VLC, it has much better support for 4:2:2 codecs.

The problem might be that the GTX1080 has no native support for h265. In Resolve, you could work with proxies instead, or reduced playback quality.

 

[l92]

I'm not able to offer a solution but the S5II is not capable to capture 4:2:2 HEVC (h.265). So if you have 4:2:2 sampling your footage needs to be h.264 in case of the S5II.

 

[schoen_abcde]

Use the Open Source mpv player instead of VLC, it has much better support for 4:2:2 codecs.

The problem might be that the GTX1080 has no native support for h265. In Resolve, you could work with proxies instead, or reduced playback quality.

Hi mcsantin,

I dl mpv and the clips are viewable now ;-)

A GTX 1080 supports h265 but inly in 4:2:0 mode.

Thanks!

 

[schoen_abcde]

I'm not able to offer a solution but the S5II is not capable to capture 4:2:2 HEVC (h.265). So if you have 4:2:2 sampling your footage needs to be h.264 in case of the S5II.

Hi l92,

So I noticed. Thanks!