4K Media Player recommendation for win8.1

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RickMen
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4K Media Player recommendation for win8.1

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I will shortly be trying my hand at 4K ie capture/edit/render video in 4K. One issue I know I will have is playing back the rendered clip on my PC. My PC is on OS windows 8.1 and to date I have used Windows Media Player (WMP) as my default option when playing rendered HD clips when not using VS. I now realise that WMP (on W8.1 at least) doesn't support 4K and I'm not going to windows 10 in the near future. I have google the issue and been left a bit confused as to the best route to go. Any recommendations? What do others use to play 4k clips on their PCs?
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Re: 4K Media Player recommendation for win8.1

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Recommend VLC
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RickMen
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Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:03 am
operating_system: Windows 11
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
motherboard: Gigabyte B660M GAMING AC DDR4
processor: Intel i7-12700F
ram: 16GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
sound_card: Realtek HD Audio
Hard_Drive_Capacity: 500GB M2 PCIe NVMe SDD
Monitor/Display Make & Model: Philips 246V5 24inch wide LCD
Corel programs: VS2022 Ultimate, VS2018 Ultimate
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: 4K Media Player recommendation for win8.1

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Thanks aljimenez
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RickMen
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:03 am
operating_system: Windows 11
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
motherboard: Gigabyte B660M GAMING AC DDR4
processor: Intel i7-12700F
ram: 16GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
sound_card: Realtek HD Audio
Hard_Drive_Capacity: 500GB M2 PCIe NVMe SDD
Monitor/Display Make & Model: Philips 246V5 24inch wide LCD
Corel programs: VS2022 Ultimate, VS2018 Ultimate
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: 4K Media Player recommendation for win8.1

Post by RickMen »

I just completed and rendered a small test 4k video clip and when I went to play it WMP played it with no issues. Go figure.
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