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poisonborz · 19th February 2021, 19:32

I have a PN50 mini pc with Ryzen 4300U chipset / Radeon Vega 7 GPU with Windows.
Most videos play well, however, 4k content is rather hit-or-miss.
I'm trying to play such high-def videos in VLC, as MPC-BE/madvr and mpv both seem to be slower in performance with any settings.

4k videos up to 25Mb/s play ok-ish, but higher quality 50Mb/s videos (eg. https://4kmedia.org/samsung-x-redbul...dr-uhd-4k-demo) see ~20ms latency according to VLC messages window.
4k/60fps videos in Youtube are butter smooth, but that is because of very efficient VP9 encoding.

Is it performance-wise possible to play these videos with this setup with some other player or settings?
Or is there a nice/fast way to "transcode" or convert these files for better performance? (without sacrificing too much of quality)

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poisonborz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 7	What's the most efficient way to play videos on a lower end HTPC? I have a PN50 mini pc with Ryzen 4300U chipset / Radeon Vega 7 GPU with Windows. Most videos play well, however, 4k content is rather hit-or-miss. I'm trying to play such high-def videos in VLC, as MPC-BE/madvr and mpv both seem to be slower in performance with any settings. 4k videos up to 25Mb/s play ok-ish, but higher quality 50Mb/s videos (eg. https://4kmedia.org/samsung-x-redbul...dr-uhd-4k-demo) see ~20ms latency according to VLC messages window. 4k/60fps videos in Youtube are butter smooth, but that is because of very efficient VP9 encoding. Is it performance-wise possible to play these videos with this setup with some other player or settings? Or is there a nice/fast way to "transcode" or convert these files for better performance? (without sacrificing too much of quality) Last edited by poisonborz; 19th February 2021 at 19:35.