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2016-09-05, 21:07
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It is. I've never handled a 4k file so not sure what to use as a player. I would imagine that to play it the player would need to support it so I'm asking if Kodi supports 4k playback
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I don't think so. On the order page it says that only HD, SD and mobile files are DRM free. Kodi cannot play DRM protected videos.
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Ah ok - thanks for pointing that out. I'll reach out to them to clarify
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2016-09-06, 02:38
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I've been playing 4K demos for a while, Kodi handles them like a champ although you may need the hardware, 4K UHD TV and the proper HDMI cable (looking for HDMI 2, but I understand HDMI 1.4 will handle 30fps) A lot of these new boxes are centered around this upcoming standard, and I may be mistaken but doesn't the UHD part of this equation stand for 10bit video? Kodi can do the down-scaling if you have a 1080p system, but most of the new hardware is having to deal with upscalers to convert 1080p to 4K because there is little content available at the higher resolution and I believe Kodi will do that too, but you're better off letting dedicated hardware handle scaling.Check the road map, and you'll find where we are and the direction Kodi is going.
