NETFLICKS TAKES A WIZZ ON PC USERS

[King Joffrey]

With Netflicks treating NON users of  Lake processors and edge browser like 2nd class citizens.  Im wondering how feesable it  would be for a hack to come out soon to alleviate this issue for us.  In my own case I just bought a 6700k a month ago and the thought of it being obsolete already makes me upset with Netflicks for not doing what YouTube has no problem with, alot of porn sites are streaming in 4k already also, all I can say is: HACK IT UP !

 

Id like to add that I gladly pay my monthly subscription to Netflicks, and that I feel good supporting software development and the movie industry.  However this makes me WANT to PIRATE .

[PlayStation 2]

You see, porn sites don't have nearly as much of a false concern about DRM that Netflix and Hollywood does.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

You see, porn sites don't have nearly as much of a false concern about DRM that Netflix and Hollywood does.

but jake, what if you don't watch porn (anymore)? :^

[PlayStation 2]

7 minutes ago, JelleDekkers said:

but jake, what if you don't watch porn (anymore)? :^

mfw you actually come on the forums

[King Joffrey]

Dan do you think Nvidea may work out a "back door"  that bypasses this issue?

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, King Joffrey said:

Dan do you think Nvidea may work out a "back door"  that bypasses this issue?

Nvidia is irrelevant to this issue, and there is no way to "hack" it to work.

 

It is because the 4k streaming requires 10 bit HVEC decoding which only kaby lake currently has, skylake only has 8 bit HVeC decoding.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/11/netflix-4k-streaming-pc-kaby-lake-cpu-windows-10-edge-browser/%3Famp%3D1

[King Joffrey]

"Technically, Nvidia's 10-series graphics cards—including the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060—feature 10-bit HEVC decoding and PlayReady 3.0 support, but aren't listed as compatible. "

 

seems like something that could be worked out to me.

[SLAYR]

4 minutes ago, King Joffrey said:

"Technically, Nvidia's 10-series graphics cards—including the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060—feature 10-bit HEVC decoding and PlayReady 3.0 support, but aren't listed as compatible. "

 

seems like something that could be worked out to me.

Use the quote button so people can get a notification.

 

The gtx 1000 series although they can decode 10 bit HVEC it isn't just flick a switch and boom done. It will require work on both netflix and nvidia's part to code it to do so, and for the minority of people who have gtx 1000 series gpus it isn't worth for them to program it that way most people don't have a $100+ gpu in their computer, it still makes any other gpu unusable and any other cpu unusable for it, so it isn't solved at all.

 

The best and cheapest solution is to just buy a roku, fire tv or any other of the devices that already work with 4k, if you have the money for a 4k display they one of those is almost nothing they the fire tvs are $75USD.

[Mira Yurizaki]

To add to @SLAYR 's comment, I'm inclined to believe Netflix's user base use a TV or portable to use their services rather than a PC.

 

However, the NVIDIA thing seems arbitrary considering the Ars article said NVIDIA supports both 10-bit HVEC and PlayReady 3.0. And I had to do nothing special to get MPC-HC and the Movie app in Windows 10 to play a 10-bit HVEC video on my video card.

[ARikozuM]

I can't figure out what bothers me more. 

 

The lack of grammar, spelling, and variation in writing, or the obvious trolling that is meant by the OP... 

 

Anyways, the deal could have been made as a way to entice users who are on older hardware to move to Kaby Lake (a good business strategy for those who wouldn't have upgraded their HTPC's) and to draw attention to Kaby Lake for those who are currently on Skylake. 

[King Joffrey]

no one really cares what bothers you more, thanks for bringing nothing to the table ARi

[asand1]

Back doors? Porn? What are we cumming to here?

 

Sorry, I have nothing else to add here, 4k is a distant dream still.