Unable to watch 4K videos with VLC media player 3.0.14

[VideoAmateur]

May 2021

Hi everybody,

Unable to watch 4K videos with VLC media player 3.0.14 Vetinari even while trying "tips" (*) found on the internet.

(*) Just one example among other
https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/6-meth ... lc-player/
8 Methods to Play 4K Ultra HD Video in VLC Player


For example, I try to watch the below movie and the image is all time laggy. So impossible to watch.

My computer is "old" (why change it if it still works - I don't like this buy / throw era) but I was able to watch this movie on the following software:

WORK

- BS Player PRO version 2.76 Build 1090, 15 Dec. 2020
- MPC-HC (64-bit) Version 1.9.0 (bfaf63b3b)
- SMPlayer Version 21.1.0 (revision 9418)(64-bit)
- Windows Media Player Version 12.0.19041.906 (Windows 10 Pro 64-bit)
Probably will not without without KLCP. Not show subtitles.

DON’T WORK
VLC media player 3.0.14 Vetinari

I don't know if VLC thinks of "old machines" when creating its software.
I hope so because seeing "old" computers in landfills but still good for work is really sad. But hey, it seems that the smartphone generation does not care at all about the future of this planet and only thinks of having fun ... Hope in VLC team some think.

By the way, until now, I like VLC and my main mediaplayer. But not sure if I can’t watch 4K movie.
Before that I use Windows Media, Player but stop it since no more evolution.
Evolution not mean to need to have CPU with 128 Cores, 4 x GPU video card (32 GB RAM each), 128 GB on motherboard and 104-inch Monitor.

Hope to use my “old” 4-Core Intel CPU for some years again. Good for me, good for the planet.



“TEST”
Movie: Daybreakers (2009)

General
Unique ID: xxxxx
Complete name: \ACTION \ ADVENTURE \ FANTASY \ HORROR \ SCI-FI \ THRILLER\Daybreakers (2009)\Daybreakers-EN+FR-S=EN+FR-1h37m47s-3840x1632.mkv
Format: Matroska
Format version: Version 4
File size: 3.19 GiB
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Overall bit rate: 4 669 kb/s
Movie name: Daybreakers (2009) REPACK MULTi VFF 2160p 10bit 4KLight HDR BluRay AC3 5.1 x265-QTZ
Encoded date: UTC 2020-xx-xx xx:xx:xx
Writing application: mkvmerge v44.0.0 ('Domino') 64-bit
Writing library: libebml v1.3.10 + libmatroska v1.5.2
──────────────────────────────────────────
Video
ID: 1
Format: HEVC
Format/Info: High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile: Main 10@L5.1@Main
HDR format: SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID: V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Bit rate: 3 380 kb/s
Width: 3 840 pixels
Height: 1 632 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Frame rate mode: Constant
Frame rate: 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space: YUV
Chroma subsampling: 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth: 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 0.022
Stream size: 2.31 GiB (72%)
Default: Yes
Forced: No
Color range: Limited
Color primaries: BT.2020
Transfer characteristics: PQ
Matrix coefficients: BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries: Display P3
Mastering display luminance: min: 0.0010 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level: 384 cd/m2
──────────────────────────────────────────
Audio #2
ID: 3
Format: AC-3
Format/Info: Audio Coding 3
Commercial name: Dolby Digital
Codec ID: A_AC3
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 640 kb/s
Channel(s): 6 channels
Channel layout: L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate: 48.0 kHz
Frame rate: 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode: Lossy
Stream size: 448 MiB (14%)
Title: ENG VO: AC3 5.1
Language: English
Service kind: Complete Main
Default: No
Forced: No
──────────────────────────────────────────
Text #3
ID: 6
Format: UTF-8
Codec ID: S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info: UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Bit rate: 34 b/s
Count of elements: 694
Stream size: 22.3 KiB (0%)
Title: ENG Full: SRT
Language: English
Default: No
Forced: No

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https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=156428