2017-02-10, 15:45
Time for me to eat some "humble pie". I've got my new SSD in and upgraded to Win8.1
Installed Kodi, set it up, played one of the "un-playable" 4K files in my collection and you all were right, Hardware Decoding took effect and the filed played smoothly and flawlessly.
Now, unfortunately I thought Win 8.1 came with Windows Media Center, it does not. You need a key and you need to purchase it from Microsoft, which they aren't selling any more. So, I did all that, for naught.
But you all were right, and I thank you for helping.
Installed Kodi, set it up, played one of the "un-playable" 4K files in my collection and you all were right, Hardware Decoding took effect and the filed played smoothly and flawlessly.
Now, unfortunately I thought Win 8.1 came with Windows Media Center, it does not. You need a key and you need to purchase it from Microsoft, which they aren't selling any more. So, I did all that, for naught.
But you all were right, and I thank you for helping.