Thanks Mitchell Dzurick. Yes I can play h264 files but it stop/stuck in less than 3 seconds. Oh, may be it is a short video -- 1mb? jfl@jfl-mantic:~$ wget https://sample-videos.com/video123/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4 --2023-10-22 21:42:11-- https://sample-videos.com/video123/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4 Resolving sample-videos.com (sample-videos.com)... 103.145.51.95 Connecting to sample-videos.com (sample-videos.com)|103.145.51.95|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1055736 (1.0M) [video/mp4] Saving to: ‘big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4’ big_buck_bunny_720p 100%[===================>] 1.01M 1.44MB/s in 0.7s 2023-10-22 21:42:13 (1.44 MB/s) - ‘big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4’ saved [1055736/1055736] jfl@jfl-mantic:~$ ffplay -vcodec h264 -i big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4 ffplay version 6.0-6ubuntu1 Copyright (c) 2003-2023 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-2ubuntu1) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=6ubuntu1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu --arch=arm64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-sndio --enable-libjxl --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-librsvg --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librav1e --enable-shared libavutil 58. 2.100 / 58. 2.100 libavcodec 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100 libavformat 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100 libavdevice 60. 1.100 / 60. 1.100 libavfilter 9. 3.100 / 9. 3.100 libswscale 7. 1.100 / 7. 1.100 libswresample 4. 10.100 / 4. 10.100 libpostproc 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z encoder : Lavf53.24.2 Duration: 00:00:05.31, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1589 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1205 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : VideoHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 384 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : SoundHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] ^Cjfl@jfl-mantic:~$ fd= 5 aq= 0KB vq= 0KB sq= 0B f=0/0 jfl@jfl-mantic:~