4k playback? for TV

[Ergroilnin]

Hello,

 

I want to get a small HTPC or something along those lines for my 4k TV.

 

Unfortunately even though I have 4k 65" OLED LG, a lot of stuff I want to view cannot be properly viewed with the TV alone, either the video won't start at all or it won't have sound or it won't enable subtitles.

 

Right now I am using HDMI through my like 7 years old Toshiba ultrabook for playing such files, but I would enjoy something to be "parked" below the TV and to free up my laptop, so I am looking for best perf/cost thing to do just that.

 

I was suggested from my friends multiple things, like getting NAS, which is too expensive for what I need, getting raspberry pi 4 with linux, which I am not sure if it would work for VLC and my wireless touchpad logitech keyboard or my own idea of getting some used SFF PC that has strong enough integrated GPU to run 4k movies.

 

And I am totally unsure about how to go about this, so I'd like to get some other opinions.

 

Thank you a lot beforehand.

[paddy-stone]

ShieldTV, it's not cheap, but even the oldest model (I have it) will play 4K high bitrate movies no problem. Be aware though that it doesn't have SPDIF, so for audio you'd either have to use SPDIF from the TV to your receiver (As I do), or have a receiver that supports HDMI input. But another caveat then is would your receiver output HDMI 2.0 for 4k60 HDR output. This is one reason why I stuck with using the TVs SPDIF output.

 

[The1Dickens]

2 hours ago, Ergroilnin said:

Unfortunately even though I have 4k 65" OLED LG, a lot of stuff I want to view cannot be properly viewed with the TV alone, either the video won't start at all or it won't have sound or it won't enable subtitles.

1.) What model/year LG?

2.) What content are you trying to view? Streaming apps, or personal library?

[Ergroilnin]

1 hour ago, The1Dickens said:

1.) What model/year LG?

2.) What content are you trying to view? Streaming apps, or personal library?

B7 so that would be 2017? Tho I got it in 2018.

 

Apps are completely fine, it's my personal library that has problems, probably due to different codec or different type of subtitles.