Video Apps Not 4K? (Plex, Kodi, etc)

by ATD555

I was hoping someone could help me with the following conundrum. I have a Hisense H8 Android TV and noticed that all video apps (in this case Plex and Kodi) besides the native video player and Netflix are only able to play videos at 1080p resolution. Is this 'normal' or to be expected with Android TV or is there a possible workaround to this?

pawdog

When you say unable , give an example of what happens when you select a 4K file with Plex to play. Do your have your Plex quality settings set it original. Are you using Kodi with local files or streaming addons? How old is the TV and are you aware it it has bitrate restrictions?

BiggussDikkuss

The Kodi GUI may be 1080p only, but hardware decoded 4K video is output at 4K using the Mediacodec pipeline. That is the same for All Android devices running Kodi.

You question gets asked regularily over on the Kodi forums, Android subsection.