Solved VLC can't read h265

I've only run into this on Linux, and I think it was with firefox esr, though my memory is hazy. I see that I have the x265 package installed on this machine and the only other x265 package I see is gstreamer1-plugins-x265. I use mpv and have no trouble. I would try installing the x265 package and see if that helps. I even have a 5 second video you can test it with. https://srobb.net/selfish265.mp4. (It's a quick scene from the series Archer. I put it up when I was explaining my problem playing x265 videos on another forum, Fedora I think).

Anyway, I would try installing the x265 package
Code: 
pkg install x265
and see if that fixes it. Otherwise, I would suggest using mpv. :)
 
On multimedia/vlc, X265 option for H265 is off by default, thus, official pkg does NOT have direct H265 support.
But it should be available via multimedia/ffmpeg (support is on by default).

If multimedia/ffmpeg does any harm, you can try building via ports by yourself, with X265 option enabled. But cannot assure it works fine.

If I recall correctly, someone reported (here or official MLs) that forcibly reinstalling multimedia/vlc helped when video playback is somehow broken. But I don't think it always work even if works for someone on some limited situations.
 
I resolved the issue by myself by restoring the default parameters... :)
Yesterday, I copied a backup of vlc folder in /home/user/.config... with settings I use on Debian.
So I guess some of those settings were wrong on FreeBSD.

I will keep in mind all the information, you people said here! thanks for all the answers.
 
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