Does PowerDVD 18 support streaming self produced 4k videos directly from my PC to my 4K tv?

KellyfromFlorida

Newbie Joined: Jul 19, 2008 00:19 Messages: 29 Offline

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Apr 21, 2018 08:07

Hello!

I'm thinking about buying PowerDVD 18 to solve this issue that I've not been able to overcome.

I create my own 4k content using PowerDirector. I store all the files are on a desktop PC in a separate room from my 65' Vizio 4k TV with built in Smartcast. I would like to easily by able to browse through my PC files while in front of the TV and play them in their full resolution.

From what I've seen from the demos, it looks like PowerDVD 18 will help me navigate through my PC files while in front of the TV using the remote app on my phone. That is a handy feature.

What I've really struggled with is streaming 4k content from my PC to the TV. The TV has built in Smartcast (chromecast) and I have successfully streamed 4k content from Youtube and Netflix to it. I have not been successfull streaming the files on my PC. I've tried loading the file inside chrome and casting to the TV but the resolution shown on my TV is horrible when I do that. I don't understand why it is so difficult. My TV and PC are on the same wifi network. Why can I stream 4k over the internet from YouTube to my TV but not directly from my PC?

I sometimes upload my videos to youtube just so I can play them back in full resolution on my TV. I don't want to have to do this for all my videos.

Will PowerDVD 18 stream 4k from files from my PC to my TV?

QC2.0

Senior Contributor Joined: Apr 27, 2016 04:02 Messages: 610 Offline

May 17, 2018 21:52

Quote Hello!

I'm thinking about buying PowerDVD 18 to solve this issue that I've not been able to overcome.

I create my own 4k content using PowerDirector. I store all the files are on a desktop PC in a separate room from my 65' Vizio 4k TV with built in Smartcast. I would like to easily by able to browse through my PC files while in front of the TV and play them in their full resolution.

From what I've seen from the demos, it looks like PowerDVD 18 will help me navigate through my PC files while in front of the TV using the remote app on my phone. That is a handy feature.

What I've really struggled with is streaming 4k content from my PC to the TV. The TV has built in Smartcast (chromecast) and I have successfully streamed 4k content from Youtube and Netflix to it. I have not been successfull streaming the files on my PC. I've tried loading the file inside chrome and casting to the TV but the resolution shown on my TV is horrible when I do that. I don't understand why it is so difficult. My TV and PC are on the same wifi network. Why can I stream 4k over the internet from YouTube to my TV but not directly from my PC?

I sometimes upload my videos to youtube just so I can play them back in full resolution on my TV. I don't want to have to do this for all my videos.

Will PowerDVD 18 stream 4k from files from my PC to my TV?

I just checked that myself, the casting (chromecast) will not go in 4K from powerdvd. It got transcoded I guess.

4k streaming bites both the bandwidth and video decoding capacity pretty much. If you can directly play the video via the TV app, I recommend you use TV to stream videos on the Internet or play the files directly (by USB storage or file manager/playback app on TV that supports to view network storage on LAN).

I may eliminate the intermediate devices or programs for the whole setup as I can to keep best streaming quality and performance.

By the way, I use Chromecast Ultra.

KellyfromFlorida

Newbie Joined: Jul 19, 2008 00:19 Messages: 29 Offline

May 18, 2018 09:22

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I just checked that myself, the casting (chromecast) will not go in 4K from powerdvd. It got transcoded I guess.

Thanks for the response. That's what I was afraid of. Like I said in my original post, I don't know why this is so difficult.