4K Video is Unplayable on 4K TV ?

by xXx_360GooberMLG_xXx

I have a Sony X850C 65" 4K TV, and I have set it up with Kodi to stream stuff from my pc to the tv. When I play 4K videos on Youtube, playback is smooth and clear. When I stream 4K movies from my PC to Kodi, the playback is very stuttery, but after some digging around I found out its just a Kodi problem, and playing the same files through the Android TV VLC app is crystal clear and smooth. BUT, if I transfer any 4K video onto a USB drive and then plug it into the tv and play it through VLC, the playback is absolutely terrible. Audio is fine, but video becomes a slideshow, or just a still picture that doesnt move. I've tried disabling hardware accelaration but it doesn't fix the problem.

I find this confusing, shouldn't the playback directly from a USB be even smoother and faster than streamed content ? I tried the USB thing because my ISP has been having some trouble the past month and buffering is a real pain...

jamesey10

i get the same issue on my 830c. apparently the processor on the tv isnt good enough to handle kodi doing 4k.

owlboy

Have you verified VLC does 4K on android?

Also, there's no way in hell an android box would play 4K without hardware decoding.

Is the video h.264 or h.265?

Scorpion5679

I tried playing a 4K video through plex that I took on my phone and the video played well but it was upside down. :(

ricocasem

any updates on this?