NVR stream and camera setting H.265

[msquared]

I'm not sure this is the best way to explain my question...
I have cameras powered by a POE switch. The cameras are currently set to H.264H. I want to switch the cameras to H.265. If I have a H.265 NVR, connect the cameras via the IP address to the NVR, and then I want to pull a stream via the NVR IP into software, does that software need to support H.265?

 

[alastairstevenson]

I want to pull a stream via the NVR IP into software, does that software need to support H.265?

I hadn't tried that before, but it does appear that you would need an h.265 capable media viewer.
This from VLC when connected to a Hikvision DS-7616NI-K2 NVR video stream that's using h.265

 

[msquared]

Thank you very much for confirming my question!