4K UHD BD via PC?

[geiger167]

Originally Posted by ldm

Actually the Second Generation Maxwell GM02 cards have full fixed function 10-Bit HEVC decode source, so that's the GTX 950 and GTX 960 only.



I have a 6700K and it can not smoothly software decode 10-Bit 3840x2160 30fps 128 Mbit/s HEVC (basically the UHD spec that can go upto 60fps), using a test file from here.

Just wait for Intel to release Kaby Lake which has full fixed function 10-Bit HEVC decode if you don't plan on using a capable GPU, source, and you won't even have to get an expensive CPU then.



Try playback something over 100 Mbit/s, e.g. from here. I think you'll see you can't do it smoothly in software, as my 6700K can't.

There is a workaround however, which is to transcode to AVC (even if you double or triple the bitrate the HEVC file was at) and then hardware decoding the AVC.

Played the 100mbit file you suggested in link with no issues(jellyfish-100-mbps-hd-hevc), cpu never rose about 1% for MPC. Suggests UHD playback shouldn't be an issue for the card ?