Good codec & video-player for my cellphone?

[Forteen88]

Hi.
I wonder, can anyone tell me of a good video-codec & video-player for my cellphone?
My cellphone is an old Moto G4.
It seems that it supports some hardware video-decoding, according to this website,

Video encoding/decoding
h264: Decode & Encode
AV1: No
h265/HEVC (8 bit): Decode
h265/HEVC (10 bit): No
VP8: No
VP9: No
VC-1: Decode
AVC: No
JPEG: Decode & Encode

https://chipguider.com/?gpu=adreno-405-550-mhz

Weird though, that quote, isn't H.264 & AVC the same thing?

But how do I now if it actually supports it in for example VLC-player?
And which video-codec is more battery-friendly?
Thanks.

[butterw2]

For older android phones I would recommend mpv-android, vlc (maybe older versions) and old versions of mx player.

vlc likely does support hw-dec on your phone for at least h264. Other players can provide this info explicitly when playing back a file.

[Forteen88]

@butterw2. Thanks again.