VLC can't Play or crashed with HVC1 Codec (H.265/HEVC) / MP4 file
HVC1 Codec or MP4 file won't Play in VLC with error or crash would try following step First download the latest version VLC player than disable Hardware Video Decoding setting in VLC. Step: 1. Open the VLC media player and go to the "Tools" >"Preferences". 2. In "Show Settings" from the lower left corner select "All" to show all setting view. 3. Go to "Input/Codec" >> "Video Codecs" >> "FFmpeg" and then disable the ‘Hardware decoding’ option. After that, close the VLC media player and restart it, and then play the video file with it. If still cannot play can try other solution with following link: https://learncctv.com/how-to-play-hikvision-mp4-files/