2017-01-23, 20:05
Clearly Kodi in Windows is not the most efficient option, if there is no possibility to use HW-decoding, 32-bit SW-decoding is putting lot of load on CPU in Kodi. But if you happen to have a modern GPU with HW-decoding support for the latest codecs, Windows-platform is actually a pretty good option. Windows 10/8.1/8 has the support for HEVC Main10 and also driver support especially in NVidia-case is in quite a good shape at the moment. As you have the older generation GPU in your GTX 970, HW-decoding is not possible for 10-bit HEVC-material and SW-decoding will definitely choke your machine. Actually, ANY machine in any OS with the most bitrate heavy material..
So your workaround is to swap your display adapter with GTX 10xx-generation
EDIT: And as @PatK said, you could setup an external player in Kodi just for these HEVC 10-bit -files as GTX 970 is able to HW-decode any 8-bit -material well. I would suggest MPC-BE for that purpose.
So your workaround is to swap your display adapter with GTX 10xx-generation
EDIT: And as @PatK said, you could setup an external player in Kodi just for these HEVC 10-bit -files as GTX 970 is able to HW-decode any 8-bit -material well. I would suggest MPC-BE for that purpose.