Not sure how far down the rabbit hole you have gone, but this is some interesting information via google. https://forum.manjaro.org/t/why-youtube-4k-playback-sucks-on-linux/71028 https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/54392-4k-hevc-10-bit-playbacktrasncoding-help/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration the links combined with a GTX 1030 or 1050 might be a reasonable value. or an older intel CPU with quick-sync. On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 11:13 PM Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > A raspberry pi can do 4K but they are backordered and sold out some > reports say maybe after the new year before orders catch up > most mid level video cards should do fine but not much help for a laptop > for a laptop it will take a bunch of reading I am sure they are out there > I just have look for that 4K use with linux > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 8:01 PM T. Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> I have historically just hooked up an old laptop to my TV to watch movies >> and such, but I recently upgraded to 4k and my poor 4x1.5 GHz CPU (AMD >> E2-6110) can't seem to keep up. Realistically, it kind of struggled with >> 1080p to begin with. I have tinkered with mpv hardware decoding options and >> vaapi, but I'm thinking my old boy with the weak cpu and integrated >> graphics just isn't capable. Pretty sure that's the issue, I don't have any >> major background processes running and it's probably not a buffering issue >> considering that in this case I'm playing videos stored on an internal 1TB >> SSD and I have 8GB RAM. VLC is probably working worse than mpv. >> >> Any recommendations for a cheap hardware upgrade for this? Thinking I >> might just try to find an old used computer with some kind of GPU. Likely a >> raspberry pi would have the same problem? What should I be considering for >> minimum/recommended specs? Would puppy linux or some kind of dedicated OS >> be better than a standard arch linux/i3 setup? I feel like what I currently >> run is about as snappy as the device will get. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Todd Cole > Ubuntu Arizona Team > 2928 W El Caminito > Phoenix AZ 85051-3957 > toddc@azloco.com > 602-677-9402 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen