Question I wonder if pi 4 could play 4k H265 smoothly

[Wing901]

ASUS Tinker board is said to be playing 4k video smoothly but turned out to be overstated. Even much powerful SoC Firefly Fly RK3399 couldn't make it. Therefore, I wonder if pi 4 is capable to do it. Videocore 6 is not better than Mali-T860mp4.

 

[kanewolf]

ASUS Tinker board is said to be playing 4k video smoothly but turned out to be overstated. Even much powerful SoC Firefly Fly RK3399 couldn't make it. Therefore, I wonder if pi 4 is capable to do it. Videocore 6 is not better than Mali-T860mp4.

What are you using for the source of the video? Could be a limitation other than the graphics hardware.

 

[Wing901]

What are you using for the source of the video? Could be a limitation other than the graphics hardware.

4k H264 and H265.

Tinker board cannot play 4k at all and RK3399 is better but very laggy. I don't think Pi 4 can do it.

 

[kanewolf]

4k H264 and H265.

Tinker board cannot play 4k at all and RK3399 is better but very laggy. I don't think Pi 4 can do it.

I was thinking more along the lines of ethernet from a remote drive, or USB SSD or microSD card, etc ...
I was wondering if the storage medium was a limiting factor ...

 

[Wing901]

It has nothing to do with transferring speed. My desktop or notebook computers play the 4k videos from the same devices(USB3/USB2) without any problems.