diff --git a/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor.go b/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor.go
index 93450c7d..1f1e486e 100644
--- a/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor.go
+++ b/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor.go
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ func (d *DTSExtractor) extractInner(au [][]byte, pts time.Duration) (time.Durati
 		return pts, nil
 	}
 
+	if d.spsp.VUI == nil || d.spsp.VUI.TimingInfo == nil {
+		return pts, nil
+	}
+
 	var poc uint32
 	var dtsPOC uint32
 
diff --git a/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor_test.go b/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71c3adf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/codecs/h265/dtsextractor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package h265
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDTSExtractor(t *testing.T) {
+	type sequenceSample struct {
+		nalus [][]byte
+		pts   time.Duration
+		dts   time.Duration
+	}
+
+	for _, ca := range []struct {
+		name     string
+		sequence []sequenceSample
+	}{
+		{
+			"no timing info",
+			[]sequenceSample{
+				{
+					[][]byte{
+						{ // SPS
+							0x42, 0x01, 0x01, 0x02, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+							0x00, 0xb0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+							0x00, 0x7b, 0xa0, 0x07, 0x82, 0x00, 0x88, 0x7d,
+							0xb6, 0x71, 0x8b, 0x92, 0x44, 0x80, 0x53, 0x88,
+							0x88, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x24, 0xa6, 0x92, 0x72, 0xc9,
+							0x12, 0x49, 0x22, 0xdc, 0x91, 0xaa, 0x48, 0xfc,
+							0xa2, 0x23, 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x6a,
+							0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x01,
+						},
+						{
+							// PPS
+							0x44, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x25, 0x2f, 0x05, 0x32, 0x40,
+						},
+						{
+							byte(NALUType_CRA_NUT) << 1,
+						},
+					},
+					1 * time.Second,
+					1 * time.Second,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(ca.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ex := NewDTSExtractor()
+			for _, sample := range ca.sequence {
+				dts, err := ex.Extract(sample.nalus, sample.pts)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, sample.dts, dts)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}