Photo App and 4K video Issue

[ValhallaOutcast]

Video shot in 4k 30fps on my iphone 7 plus is seen by the Photo app imports it but I cant play the video or export it from the Photos app

Early 2015 MBP on 10.13

 

[ValhallaOutcast]

tried again buy turning off hig efficiency and everything works fine, the the early 2015 MBP too old for HVEC?

 

[MSastre]

tried again buy turning off hig efficiency and everything works fine, the the early 2015 MBP too old for HVEC?[/QUOTE

It's not the machine, it is the OS. No support for HVEC until High Sierra.

 

[ValhallaOutcast]

But I am running high Sierra , photo app sees the hvec video, it imports them but not playable within photo.app and can’t be export from the app

 

[MSastre]

Then the app is not yet optimized for HS. Same thing with pro apps like FCPX, Compressor and Motion. Not yet optimized for HS . Try iMovie it is optimized for HS.

 

[satinsilverem2]

I think the issue is a hardware limitation. Only the 2016 and newer machines can decode HVEC video properly. but you should still be able to play it with software decoding only.

 

[joema2]

Then the app is not yet optimized for HS. Same thing with pro apps like FCPX, Compressor and Motion. Not yet optimized for HS . Try iMovie it is optimized for HS.

However be advised that iMovie on High Sierra can only read H265/HEVC files -- it cannot encode or export to HEVC.