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Installing HEVC (H.265) codec to play MKV videos on Linux Mint

Troubleshooting

Output should show DEV.LS hevc (Decoder, Encoder, Video, etc.)

If you don't have any of these media players installed, you can install VLC using the following command:

If you want to copy-paste the solution into your terminal to fix HEVC/MKV playback immediately, use this:

ffmpeg -decoders | grep 265