Hi All,
I was wondering if someone could recommend the minimum setup for a new pc to playback 4k 60fps GoPro videos.
I have an old PC with a
GTX970
I7 4790
16GB ram
128gb ssd
1 TB hdd
It cannot playback my GoPro11 4k 60fps videos. It stutters constantly and makes video editing impossible in premier pro.
I don't game anymore, so only major use is viewing and editing that gopro content.
Would I getaway with just a much quicker cpu or would I need a graphics card as well?
Cheers
It's connected to my lg c9 oled..hdmi 4k output 60hz no hdr.
I did a fresh clean install of windows 10, latest nvidia drivers.
Clean install, default VLC settings.
Can't you playback in a lower preview resolution?
Ive tried 1/8 playback in premiere pro. I stitch a ton of videos of my daughter together, and there's too much buffer and delay to use premier pro properly.
You should do some research on how to create and use proxies so you don't have to edit 4K videos directly.
Then when you export it uses the original source file.
interesting, thanks
editing that gopro content.
Proxies?
is the software you are using only set to using your cpu, can you hardware enable your gpu in the settings?
Go Pro uses h.264 and h.265 IIRC (the latter for 4K60) - so all you really need is a GPU/CPU that can handle those (which is most stuff around today).
What I would say is get one of the new GPU generation that can handle AV1 - since that's likely to take over from h.264 and h.265 soon. You don't need the last word in expensive bit slinging - which should cut down the cost. Video encoding tends to be the same across the tiers.
Throw in a decent new AM5 MB, CPU (min 8 core), and 32MB of memory. Oh, and a decent sized and speedy SSD for the video editing.
Thanks, that h.264 and h.265 sounds like it makes sense to me?
The PC handled my old gopro5 4k footage fine and same as my 4k videos off my phone, but it's just since i got the latest GoPro its really struggling.
So might be because of the codecs and old gpu not supporting
According to this, the newer GoPro uses H.265 (HEVC).
Intel only started supporting fixed function HEVC decoding with 6th gen CPUs, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000…
So you'll need either a GPU that does fixed function HEVC decode, or a decoder that uses GPGPU/OpenCL (doesn't really exist).
I think your best options are:
Upgrade to a modern chip, i.e. 13th gen Intel or Ryzen 7000 (with an iGPU). Entry level models will do fine. This will get you full moden codec support.
Upgrade to one of the refurb 6th gen (or better 8th gen) Intel boxes that go pretty cheap. You'll get HEVC at least. Though 6th gen might be decode only, so encoding will be very slow.
I wouldn't really recommend getting a discrete GPU just for this, unless you're also gaming.
What kind of an idiot downvoted this? And three of them no less.
AV1 is going to be very useful in the near future (which means a new generation card) if you are doing video editing, and 32GB of memory again helps, as does a copious and speedy SSD. It would be more than a bit silly to buy anything other than AMD AM5 at the moment, given the falling prices and the upgrade capability.
To the OP, yes, I'm guessing the codec might well be the issue - HEVC eats the processing cycles and having a GPU that can deal with it in hardware helps a lot. However the video encoding/decoding is usually separate from the main part of the chip used for the 3D graphics. You seem to not be interested in that side, so you should be able to get away with the lower end graphics card of a new generation.
The GTX 970 doesn't have a full HEVC decoder - these tables might allow you to understand how chip capabilities vary, although it doesn't cover AV1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC
1030 or above should do what you want
Not sure why the neg. but 1030 supports vp9 hardware acceleration for 4k60 playbacks , which the GTX970 don't. (eventhough it outperforms GTX1050Ti in gaming)
GPU is more than fast enough, I'd double check GPU acceleration is turned on (if possible). Kinda surprised it's not working as is, that hardware should be enough for 4K playback of video.
Otherwise most CPUs from the past few years will be fine. Might be a nice time to bump up some other specs as well though (move to 32GB RAM, get some more SSD storage since they're both really cheap right now.
I found i needed to buy a codec pack from the microsoft store for like $1 when I was having rendering issues editing my gopro content. Might be worth a go for the price. Worked for me…
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/hevc-video-extension…
HDD is kinda slow and you could beef up the RAM fairly cheaply
Have you installed all the codecs? Try below they come with their media player,..
K-lite codecs mega pack,..
https://codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_mega.htm
Whoops i forgot the other codec pack,.. above should do,.
PS: my pc system slightly lower specs then yours, apart from long loading time well 4k are big fikes,..plays 4k at 60hz no issues but your issue is with your go-pro video format created as mentioned above, well hope this pack has the required codecs you need,. well its called the mega pack lolz
thanks, ill give it a crack.
Are you after a playback or video editing? They are different.
I have a GTX 1060 3GB and it barely plays 4k 60fps. FF/rewind takes seconds. As long as I don’t do anything else, it’s watchable.
There is no way you can edit 4k 60fps on GTX 970 unless you have the patience of a saint. It’s not workable.
To comfortably edit, you’d need RTX 20XX/30XX/40XX depending on your budget.
Your CPU will make do. But if you’re gonna buy a new PC, upgrade the entire thing.
What screen are you trying to playback on?
How is it connected to the PC?
What program are you using to play the clips?