Not able to run 4k

[azio26]

I am having a 5400rmp hard disk and when I try to run 4k the video distorts. Should I switch to a 7200 rpm drive?

[Septimus]

What do you mean by distorts? Does the video stutter when you try to play it, or do the actual frames distort? 

[DXMember]

update your codecs

https://www.codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_full.htm

[manikyath]

the bandwidth of your storage device seems the last place i'd look in terms of 4k video.

[Oshino Shinobu]

I doubt it's the HDD. Check your CPU and RAM usage and also try another video player, some don't handle 4K all that well. My personal choice for 4K playback is MPC-HC, it seems to do the best job. 

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

MPC-HC

I have been using it all my life, best player there is, compact, clean and simple.

[azio26]

18 minutes ago, Septimus said:

What do you mean by distorts? Does the video stutter when you try to play it, or do the actual frames distort? 

Actual frames distort

 

[azio26]

13 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

I doubt it's the HDD. Check your CPU and RAM usage and also try another video player, some don't handle 4K all that well. My personal choice for 4K playback is MPC-HC, it seems to do the best job. 

I am using an i7 4770 and 8gb DDR3 1600 MHz ram

[Guest]

1 minute ago, azio26 said:

I am using an i7 4770 and 8gb DDR3 1600 MHz ram

Haswell should run 4K without issue

I had an i5 4460 and tried playback a random YouTube 4K video in 4K res TV. 

 

What are you trying to play?

[azio26]

1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Haswell should run 4K without issue

I had an i5 4460 and tried playback a random YouTube 4K video in 4K res TV. 

 

What are you trying to play?

I am trying to play an 4k video that I have downloaded from YouTube

[Septimus]

Check your HDD for corruptions with a tool like Hard Disk Sentinel. If your HDD has areas of corruption, it could be that the video files just so happen to be stored on the area that is damaged. 

How old is your HDD? Assuming it's from around the same time as the CPU, I would definitely recomend downloading Hard Disk Sentinel to see if there are any issues with it. It could very well be time for a new hard drive.