add setting to disable hevc #88

public/configStore.js

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ const defaults = {
   captureFrameMethod: 'videotag', // we don't default to ffmpeg because ffmpeg might choose a frame slightly off
   captureFrameQuality: 0.95,
   captureFrameFileNameFormat: 'timestamp',
+  enableNativeHevc: true,
 };
 
 // For portable app: https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/645

src/App.jsx

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
   const allUserSettings = useUserSettingsRoot();
 
   const {
-    captureFormat, setCaptureFormat, customOutDir, setCustomOutDir, keyframeCut, setKeyframeCut, preserveMovData, setPreserveMovData, movFastStart, setMovFastStart, avoidNegativeTs, autoMerge, timecodeFormat, invertCutSegments, setInvertCutSegments, autoExportExtraStreams, askBeforeClose, enableAskForImportChapters, enableAskForFileOpenAction, playbackVolume, setPlaybackVolume, autoSaveProjectFile, wheelSensitivity, invertTimelineScroll, language, ffmpegExperimental, hideNotifications, autoLoadTimecode, autoDeleteMergedSegments, exportConfirmEnabled, setExportConfirmEnabled, segmentsToChapters, setSegmentsToChapters, preserveMetadataOnMerge, setPreserveMetadataOnMerge, setSimpleMode, outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, keyboardSeekAccFactor, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, enableTransferTimestamps, outFormatLocked, setOutFormatLocked, safeOutputFileName, setSafeOutputFileName, enableAutoHtml5ify, segmentsToChaptersOnly, keyBindings, setKeyBindings, resetKeyBindings, enableSmartCut, customFfPath, storeProjectInWorkingDir, enableOverwriteOutput, mouseWheelZoomModifierKey, captureFrameMethod, captureFrameQuality, captureFrameFileNameFormat,
+    captureFormat, setCaptureFormat, customOutDir, setCustomOutDir, keyframeCut, setKeyframeCut, preserveMovData, setPreserveMovData, movFastStart, setMovFastStart, avoidNegativeTs, autoMerge, timecodeFormat, invertCutSegments, setInvertCutSegments, autoExportExtraStreams, askBeforeClose, enableAskForImportChapters, enableAskForFileOpenAction, playbackVolume, setPlaybackVolume, autoSaveProjectFile, wheelSensitivity, invertTimelineScroll, language, ffmpegExperimental, hideNotifications, autoLoadTimecode, autoDeleteMergedSegments, exportConfirmEnabled, setExportConfirmEnabled, segmentsToChapters, setSegmentsToChapters, preserveMetadataOnMerge, setPreserveMetadataOnMerge, setSimpleMode, outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, keyboardSeekAccFactor, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, enableTransferTimestamps, outFormatLocked, setOutFormatLocked, safeOutputFileName, setSafeOutputFileName, enableAutoHtml5ify, segmentsToChaptersOnly, keyBindings, setKeyBindings, resetKeyBindings, enableSmartCut, customFfPath, storeProjectInWorkingDir, enableOverwriteOutput, mouseWheelZoomModifierKey, captureFrameMethod, captureFrameQuality, captureFrameFileNameFormat, enableNativeHevc,
   } = allUserSettings;
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       const validDuration = isDurationValid(parseFloat(fileMeta.format.duration));
       const hasLoadedExistingHtml5FriendlyFile = await checkAndSetExistingHtml5FriendlyFile();
 
-      const hevcPlaybackSupported = await hevcPlaybackSupportedPromise;
+      const hevcPlaybackSupported = enableNativeHevc && await hevcPlaybackSupportedPromise;
 
       // 'fastest' works with almost all video files
       if (!hasLoadedExistingHtml5FriendlyFile && !willPlayerProperlyHandleVideo({ streams: fileMeta.streams, hevcPlaybackSupported }) && validDuration) {
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       resetState();
       throw err;
     }
-  }, [resetState, setWorking, showPreviewFileLoadedMessage, autoLoadTimecode, html5ifyAndLoadWithPreferences, getEdlFilePath, getEdlFilePathOld, loadEdlFile, enableAskForImportChapters, loadCutSegments, setCopyStreamIdsForPath, setFileFormat, outFormatLocked, setDetectedFileFormat]);
+  }, [resetState, setWorking, showPreviewFileLoadedMessage, loadEdlFile, getEdlFilePath, getEdlFilePathOld, enableAskForImportChapters, loadCutSegments, autoLoadTimecode, enableNativeHevc, setCopyStreamIdsForPath, setFileFormat, outFormatLocked, setDetectedFileFormat, html5ifyAndLoadWithPreferences]);
 
   const toggleLastCommands = useCallback(() => setLastCommandsVisible(val => !val), []);
   const toggleSettings = useCallback(() => setSettingsVisible(val => !val), []);

src/Settings.jsx

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const Settings = memo(({
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
-  const { customOutDir, changeOutDir, keyframeCut, toggleKeyframeCut, timecodeFormat, setTimecodeFormat, invertCutSegments, setInvertCutSegments, askBeforeClose, setAskBeforeClose, enableAskForImportChapters, setEnableAskForImportChapters, enableAskForFileOpenAction, setEnableAskForFileOpenAction, autoSaveProjectFile, setAutoSaveProjectFile, invertTimelineScroll, setInvertTimelineScroll, language, setLanguage, ffmpegExperimental, setFfmpegExperimental, hideNotifications, setHideNotifications, autoLoadTimecode, setAutoLoadTimecode, enableTransferTimestamps, setEnableTransferTimestamps, enableAutoHtml5ify, setEnableAutoHtml5ify, customFfPath, setCustomFfPath, storeProjectInWorkingDir, setStoreProjectInWorkingDir, enableOverwriteOutput, setEnableOverwriteOutput, mouseWheelZoomModifierKey, setMouseWheelZoomModifierKey, captureFrameMethod, setCaptureFrameMethod, captureFrameQuality, setCaptureFrameQuality, captureFrameFileNameFormat, setCaptureFrameFileNameFormat } = useUserSettings();
+  const { customOutDir, changeOutDir, keyframeCut, toggleKeyframeCut, timecodeFormat, setTimecodeFormat, invertCutSegments, setInvertCutSegments, askBeforeClose, setAskBeforeClose, enableAskForImportChapters, setEnableAskForImportChapters, enableAskForFileOpenAction, setEnableAskForFileOpenAction, autoSaveProjectFile, setAutoSaveProjectFile, invertTimelineScroll, setInvertTimelineScroll, language, setLanguage, ffmpegExperimental, setFfmpegExperimental, hideNotifications, setHideNotifications, autoLoadTimecode, setAutoLoadTimecode, enableTransferTimestamps, setEnableTransferTimestamps, enableAutoHtml5ify, setEnableAutoHtml5ify, customFfPath, setCustomFfPath, storeProjectInWorkingDir, setStoreProjectInWorkingDir, enableOverwriteOutput, setEnableOverwriteOutput, mouseWheelZoomModifierKey, setMouseWheelZoomModifierKey, captureFrameMethod, setCaptureFrameMethod, captureFrameQuality, setCaptureFrameQuality, captureFrameFileNameFormat, setCaptureFrameFileNameFormat, enableNativeHevc, setEnableNativeHevc } = useUserSettings();
 
   const onLangChange = useCallback((e) => {
     const { value } = e.target;
@@ -314,6 +314,17 @@ const Settings = memo(({
         </Row>
       )}
 
+      <Row>
+        <KeyCell>{t('Enable HEVC / H265 hardware decoding (you may need to turn this off if you have problems with HEVC files)')}</KeyCell>
+        <Table.TextCell>
+          <Checkbox
+            label={t('Enable HEVC hardware decoding')}
+            checked={enableNativeHevc}
+            onChange={e => setEnableNativeHevc(e.target.checked)}
+          />
+        </Table.TextCell>
+      </Row>
+
       <Row>
         <KeyCell>{t('Enable experimental ffmpeg features flag?')}</KeyCell>
         <Table.TextCell>

src/hooks/useUserSettingsRoot.js

@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export default () => {
   useEffect(() => safeSetConfig({ captureFrameQuality }), [captureFrameQuality]);
   const [captureFrameFileNameFormat, setCaptureFrameFileNameFormat] = useState(safeGetConfigInitial('captureFrameFileNameFormat'));
   useEffect(() => safeSetConfig({ captureFrameFileNameFormat }), [captureFrameFileNameFormat]);
+  const [enableNativeHevc, setEnableNativeHevc] = useState(safeGetConfigInitial('enableNativeHevc'));
+  useEffect(() => safeSetConfig({ enableNativeHevc }), [enableNativeHevc]);
 
   const resetKeyBindings = useCallback(() => {
     configStore.reset('keyBindings');
@@ -227,5 +229,7 @@ export default () => {
     setCaptureFrameQuality,
     captureFrameFileNameFormat,
     setCaptureFrameFileNameFormat,
+    enableNativeHevc,
+    setEnableNativeHevc,
   };
 };