Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
Lo people
For over 6 months, my Hitachi TV played 4k from Youtube easily.
And now it just won't. It staggers and jerks about, and it's not an internet speed issue. Something in the Youtube system/codec (or something else) has changed and now I cant watch my favourite Youtbue channels
I cant find a way to force my TV to play it at 1080, so I'm snookered
Youtube now has a little icon on the menu that's "stats for nerds" and it shows a lovely bar chart of data in and I can see data's arrcing fast enough. So I assume my cheap Hitachi 4k tv doesn't have the processing power for the new 4k.
Gutted.
Anyone got the same issue ?
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
Can't you just borrow a 4k monitor from work?
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
not the point... I have a 4k TV
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
Get a new one. Or stop watching Youtube and interact with normal people. :)
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Can you be sure if it's a buffering issue and not just your CPU maxing out?
Has your TV had an update (or is one available)?
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
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Originally Posted by
Smudger
Get a new one. Or stop watching Youtube and interact with normal people. :)
To a Mod stressed out, that could translate as reaching for the Banhammer...!! :o:angst:
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
Have you loaded the same videos on a PC and checked which codec they are using?
Wondering if its a change in codec? I think they recently starting allowing h265, 4k content was in VP9 previously (with h264 prior to that).
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
runs fine on PC.
It's not buffering, as the speed test to the tv shows high. It's a real shame.
I will try to comapre codecs
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
This is the first film I noticed it on.
Smarter Every Day is a family favourite show and to not have it is killing us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOXunRYJIw
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
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Originally Posted by
Zak33
Running on these specs I dont get a problem with that video:
Palemoon (Browser), i7 860, GeForce 310
Viewport 1216x684
Current / Optimal Res 3840x2160@30 / 3840x2160@30
Volume / Normalized 18% / 18% (content loudness -0.4dB)
Codecs vp9 (313) / opus (251)
When you say it Jerks & staggers, is it constantly buffering? or does the video stutter but audio keep playing or do they both stop in sync?
Perhaps not wholly related, but with my Amazon Fire TV unit (1st Gen), at some point last year an update came out and stopped the fire TV working with a specific TV altogether. Still worked fine on other TVs and my PC monitor. So why this specific TV I do not know as my housemates xBox worked fine still with same cable & port.
I had to assume that there was a change in codec or something that prevented its use on cheaper low spec TV's.
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In a TV or stb it isn't about CPU power as the CPUs just run the GUI, the video stream is handled by the video hardware drivers.
It does sound like they are using a new codec that your TV is failing to accelerate. That leaves you with two options: TV firmware update, or use a STB/Chromecast for 4K youtube.
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Software for Hitachi TVs is listed here:
http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/en-gb/software
http://www.hitachiserviceusa.com/Index1.asp
You might find there are no updates,and that is the real price for buying cheap TVs sadly and AFAIK Hitachi rebadges another OEM's model. So perhaps if you can find the original OEM model the TV is based on,there might be a firmware upgrade for that.
The only other alternative is to get one of those external decode boxes for your TV.
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
MENDED :)
I did a fatory reset of the TV, and its running splendidly :)
4k is now back to it's utter beauty :)
I found the option in the Menu- its not called reset, it's called "First Time Installation"
And it worked :)
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You should be able to set the quality in the you tube app so that might help. I suspect the problem is probably the Codec - H265 isnt as widely supported as H264.
Ah - mended post written while I was researching my post :)
Glad its fixed!
Re: Youtube 4k won't play on my telly - I'm missing my favourite channels
lo Peter
sadly on this TV there is no chance to change the res.. it plays the default version and that's it.... no choices.
I called Argos tech help as they are the only retailers of Hitachi TV's in the UK and they suggested the reset.
and it bloody worked :)