How to decode HEVC files to YUV?

Question

I would like to decode HEVC encoded files to YUV files.

Is there any simple way to do this yet? An executable would be nice but I would make do with source code that

Answer 1

Alternatively, you can use libde265 as a much faster decoder.

1. Get the latest version from its github release page.
2. Configure with ./configure --disable-sherlock265
3. Compile: make

Generate the YUV file with

./dec265/dec265 hevc-file.bin -o output.yuv -t4

The option -t4 is for multi-threaded decoding. You can also do more things like input NAL-unit streams, dump the headers, directly display the video, or check the SEI hashes.