4K video playback

[Jonnibravo]

Hi all,

I am trying desperately to play 4k video files on my PC and I have tried VLC and 5k player. 5K player works better but I get serious tearing and lag and most of the time it simply freezes.

I have looked at the CPU and it is mostly maxed out at 100%, I thought my cpu (i5 3570k) would easily be able to manage 4k video.


Any Ideas

 

[Jonnibravo]

Does your GPU have H265 hardware acceleration?

I think it does but I dont know where the setting is. Is the CPU really not able to manage it?

 

[Jonnibravo]

You need an i7 or a pascal/Polaris GPU. Try potplayer, better than vlc.

Thank you that worked perfectly, the video is playing perfectly!!