LiquidFX 135 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 So its been about 2 years since I last upgraded my HTPC so I think I take some bonus money and get it up to speed. It has a hard time playing 4k movies at full bitrate right now so that must get corrected and be able to stream to the rest of the house. Here is what I have right now, thanks for any suggestions. HTPC InformationCPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core GPUMSI GEFORCE GTX 970Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Memory 24GB G.Skill Ares Series 24 DDR3-2400 Storage Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" SSD 2x6TB HGST HD 1x3TB Segate HD Power Supply Corsair 600W ATX12V Optical Drive Lite-On ihes112-04 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD WriterOperating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) CasenMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Steel HTPC 2000B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAlGaInTl 279 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 That seems like a pretty capable machine already. Specifically what is not working or having difficulty? Seems to me like it should handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidFX 135 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 It usually works fine, other than streaming 4k and higher bitrate 1080. Plus its time to update those hard drives since they are almost full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAlGaInTl 279 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 What clients are you streaming to? Do you have hardware encoding (Quick Sync) enabled? I don't have much 4K content yet, but I thought that Quick Sync could handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8252 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I don't have much 4K content yet, but I thought that Quick Sync could handle it. HDR (tone mapping) is the current issue when it comes to transcoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 And the sheer strength it takes to do it, which will increase when tone mapping is implemented. And if you're planning on using an Nvidia GPU, I can tell there are ffmpeg issues in this area. I've got HDR media that ffmpeg takes a crap with. And they are direct disc rips. I'm sure they'll work it out eventually, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidFX 135 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Streams to a MI box and Roku and I do have quick sync on What clients are you streaming to?Do you have hardware encoding (Quick Sync) enabled?I don't have much 4K content yet, but I thought that Quick Sync could handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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