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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Play 4K Video on Windows 10

Have shot some 4K video with your 4K device recorders such as cameras, mobile devices and wish to load and play them on Windows 10. The following article will share you the tips to play 4K video on Windows 10 and how to play 4K video with free 4K media player software.

Tips to play 4K video on Windows 10

- You can now direct watch 4K video on Windows 10 OS without the need of third-party video player
- Even if Windows 10 supports 4K, you still need a 4K screen, which has high enough pixels.
- If you play 4K video in full screen on Windows 10 PC with 1080p resolution, you will only see a quarter of the image or your PC will automatically zooms out from 4K to 1080p, which means that you will play the 4K video on Windows 10, however, in 1080p resolution.
- High-speed Internet and high-end PC sets will be bonus points.

Best free 4K video players for Windows 10

Apart from playing 4K video on Windows 10 with its built-in video player app, there are also other free 4K video player apps for you to playback various 4K video with different frame rate, resolution, bit rate, etc.

1. 5K Player

5KPlayer is a relatively new but powerful 4K video player. Like VLC, it is completely free and clean and safe to use. Any malicious stuff is excluded. It has full compatibility with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and lower, and Mac edition can also run perfectly on new macOS Sierra and previous operating systems like OS X 10.11. With this UHD player, you can play (4096x2160, 3840x2160) 4K 60fps, 48fps or 30fps video at any format (e.g. MKV) without choppy or other problems.

2. VLC Player

As the free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols, VLC also adds support for 4K video playback since an update in 2013. However, the 4K video playback effect on VLC is not that satisfactory. A lot of VLC users complain that they suffer VLC 4K video playback choppy or lagging issues.

3. KMPlayer

The KMPlayer at first only serves for Windows users. But in April, 2016, a Mac alpha version was released for Mac users with OS X 10.6 or later operating system. It supports for a wide range of file formats and can play videos in superb quality, including 4K UHD. According to the description in its official site, the PC edition only works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7(32bit). If you need a 4K video player for Windows 10, 8.1 or 7, you'd better choose another program, such as 5KPlayer.

4. Media Player Classic and K-Lite Codec Pack

Media Player Classic, also known as MPC, is an open source free media player, mimicking the look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4. As a matter of fact, MPC on its own cannot play 4K UHD videos. It needs the help from K-Lite Codec Pack. To make things easier, you are suggested to download K-Lite Codec Pack full package which covers Media Player Classic. Despite that it can work on even the oldest computers, you still need a more powerful system to perform 4K playback.

MPC is also a 100% clean 4K UHD media player. No advertisements, no toolbars. You may feel relieved the use greatly.

5. Divx Player

DivX Player is the first of its kind, award-winning software offering free HEVC playback, including Ultra HD (4K), a must-have for those who appreciate high-quality video. Player is also optimized for movies, TV shows and web video clips in the Internet's most popular formats, including AVI, DIVX, MKV, MP4 and more.

Best free 4K media player assistant for 4K video playback on Windows 10

Sometimes, you may still encounter problems when play certain 4K video with any of the above listed free 4K media player software due to the format/codec incompatible issue, file resolution, bit rate, frame rate, etc. When in that situation, it would be ideal for you to download our best 4K Video Converter - Pavtube Video Converter (get Mac version) to fix all the 4K video playback, editing and sharing issues on Windows 10.

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The program has full importing support for all 4K video wrapped with various different container file formats such as AVI/WMV/MP4/MKV/MOV/TS/MXF/XAVC/XAVC S and compression codec such as H.264, H.265, Prores. The program supports batch conversion mode, so that you can batch load multiple 4K video into the application for conversion at one time to save your precious time. With the program, you can easily convert unsupported 4K video to any of your desired digital file formats with perfect quality and super-fast conversion speed. Besides that, the program also assists you to compress 4K to 1080p or 720p for smooth playback on media players or devices that lacks the ability to handle 4K resolution video.

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Best Workflow of Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid

The Alpha A7R III is Sony's latest high-resolution mirrorless camera, and an update of the excellent Alpha A7R II, which was responsible for tempting many a photographer away from the comfort of their Canon and Nikon DSLRs. The camera offers internal 4K video recording in XAVC S format. When the shooting is completed, some people choose to load the A7R III 4K XAVC S video into Avid Media Composer for some professional editing workflow. Have no idea how to get a smooth editing workflow? Just read on...

Native workflow of A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid Media Composer

From XAVC S workflow guide, we get the information that Sony has created a special free of charge AMA plug-in for AVID (PDZK-MA2 V.3.4) for faster and fluid workflow of XAVC, XDCAM and XDCAM HD files with Avid Media Composer. The bad news is that the XAVC S format is currently not supported by Avid Media Composer. Therefore, to load A7R III 4K XAVC S to Avid, you will need to perform a format transcoding process.

Transcode A7R III 4K XAVC S for Avid Media Composer editing

If you wish to get a high quality and high performance editing workflow, we highly recommend you to transcode A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD codec, an editing codec developed by Avid to create mastering-quality media at reduced file sizes, shattering the barriers to real-time productivity, whether using local storage or in real-time collaborative workflows.

If you are looking for a simple to use application to direct produce high quality DNxHD codec from Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S, we highly recommend Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to you, this cross-platform application is available on both Windows and Mac platform (get Windows version). Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple A7R III 4K XAVC S video into the application for conversion at one time to save your precious time.

The application enables you to export Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD codec in either 1080p resolution or 720p resolution, you can choose one according to your own needs. What's more, you can also flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc to get the best output file quality.

Step by Step to Transcode Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to DNxHD for Avid Editing

Step 1: Load Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S files into the program.

Load Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select Avid Media Composer best compatible "Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" under "Avid Media Composer" main category.

Output Avid Media Composer best supported editing codec

Tips: Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly adjust the output profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality.

Adjust output profile parameters

Step 3: Edit Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video (optional).

By default the Edit icon is grayed out. To activate the Edit menu, you have to select an item first. When a video or movie is selected, click the pencil like Edit icon on the left top tool bar to open the video editor window, here, you can play and preview the original video and output effects. Trim video length, crop video file size, add transparent watermark, apply special effect, insert external subtitle.

Edit Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S video

Step 4: Start the conversion process.

After all settings is over, go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom "Convert" button to start Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S to Avid Media Composer 1080p or 720p DNxHD conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you can get a smooth and high quality workflow of Sony A7R III 4K XAVC S with Avid Media Composer.

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Store DVD Movies on Synology DS218j

Highlights of Synology DS218j

- A versatile entry-level 2-bay NAS for home and personal cloud storage
- Over 113 MB/s reading, 112 MB/s writing
- Dual-core CPU with hardware encryption engine
- Everywhere access with iOS/Android/Windows ready mobile apps
- An integrated media server supporting multimedia streaming

Store DVD movies on Synology DS218j

To store DVD movies on Synology DS218j, you can will need to digitize the DVD disc into digital file formats since this Network Storage Devices doesn't support storing physical disc media. Here, you can easily do the job by downloading Pavtube ByteCopy, which not only assists you to powerfully bypass all DVD copy protection including Region code, RCE, key2Audio, UOP, CSS, Macrovision, FluxDVD, Protect, ARccOS, AACS, BD+, ROM Mark, BD-Live, etc, but also perform the DVD to digital format ripping process on the same interface.

Backup DVD to Synology DS218j in different ways

To better satisfy your Synology DS218j backup or streaming purpose, the program offers different ways for you to make a copy or backup of your DVD movies.You can make a 1:1 full disc copy of DVD movies of original DVD structure and saved as a Video_TS folder , a fast main movie copy without unwanted comments, ads or trailers and saved as a VOB file or a lossless multi-track MKV copy from DVD with all your desired subtitle languages and audio tracks. If you plan to stream the NAS device stored DVD movies to different devices, you can also choose to rip DVD to some popular digital file formats or hot devices and applications preset profile formats.

For Mac users, please switch to download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform the copying or backing process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, etc.

Simple Step Guide to Copy or Backup DVD Movies to Synology DS218j

Step 1: Load DVD disc with the application.

Download, install and run this DVD ripper. You can load DVD by clicking "File" > "Load from disc". Or load DVD Folder by clicking "File" > "Load from folder" or load DVD IFO/ISO image by clicking "File" > "Load IFO/ISO".

Load DVD disc

Step 2: Backup DVD movies to Synology DS218j in different ways.

Full disc copy

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the full disc copy to make an entire disc copy of original DVD structure without changing anything.

Main DVD movie copy

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Copy" > "Direct" Copy, you can then copy the selected movie file in its original format without quality loss. When directly copy a DVD video, you will get .VOB as output.

Main DVD movie copy

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

To preserve all your wanted audio tracks and subtitles streams in the source movie, you can use the program to rip DVD to " Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category.

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

DVD to digital movie format copy

Here, select the output digital file format according to which devices you plan to stream the DVD movies from Synology DS218j to. Here, we choose one of the best compatible digital file formats "H.264 HD Video(*mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

DVD to digital movie format copy

Step 3: Start DVD to Synology DS218j backup process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin DVD to Synology DS218j copying or ripping process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then you will produce a digital file for either safe backup or convenient device streaming from Synology DS218j.

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Friday, December 8, 2017

Backup Blu-ray Movies to Synology DS218j

The DiskStation DS218j is cost-effective home storage server which features a powerful 2-bay NAS with rapid data transmission and power consumption, designed for home users. For Blu-ray movie collectors who are looking for a safe place to backup your large collection of Blu-ray disc, the Synology DS218j can be the best choice for you. The following article will show you how to efficiently copy or backup Blu-ray movies to Synology DS218j.

Digitize Blu-ray disc for Synology DS218j

Break Blu-ray disc copy protection

Obviously, you can't directly store a physical disc media on your Synology DS218j. In addition, the heave copy protection and region code used on Blu-ray disc also makes it difficult for you to make a digital copy from the Blu-ray movies for Synology DS218j backup. As a matter of fact, to convert Blu-ray to digital file format, what you need is simply a Blu-ray Ripper application. The program we highly recommend to you here is called Pavtube ByteCopy. The program can powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection including AACS, BD+, Cinavia, UOP, DRM, BD-ROM Mark and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, etc. Besides that, it also keeps constant update to bypass new encryption such as MKB61 and MKB62 used on many of the recently released Blu-ray movies.

Backup Blu-ray to Synology DS218j in different ways

Different people may have different needs and requirements when performing the DiskStation copying process. To fulfill all your great needs, the application offers various different Blu-ray copy mode. You can make a 1:1 full disc copy of Blu-ray movies of original Blu-ray structure, a fast main movie copy without unwanted comments, ads or trailers or a lossless multi-track MKV copy with all your desired subtitle languages and audio tracks. Alternatively, you can also choose to convert Blu-ray to some popular digital file formats or hot devices and applications preset profile formats if you plan to entertainment on devices.

For Mac users, you can download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac to perform the copying or backing process on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, etc.

Simple Step Guide to Copy or Backup Blu-ray Movies to Synology DS218j

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies into the application.

Download, install and run this Blu-ray ripper and copy software. Insert the Blu-ray disc into your computer's Blu-ray drive. If your computer doesn't ship with a drive, you will need to purchase an external USB Blu-ray drive to read on the data on Blu-ray disc. Then press "File" > "Load from disc" option on the main interface, alternatively, you can also import Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO files with the program.

Load Blu-ray movies

Step 2: Backup Blu-ray movies to Synology DS218j in different ways.

Full disc copy

On the top tool bar of the main interface, use the "http://www.multipelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/copy-the-entire-disc.jpg" to make an entire disc copy of original DVD structure without changing anything.

Main Blu-ray movie copy

From "Format" bar drop-down list, select "Copy" > "Direct" Copy, you can then copy the selected movie file in its original format without quality loss. When directly copy a Blu-ray video, you will get .m2ts as output.

Main Blu-ray movie copy

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

To preserve all your wanted audio tracks and subtitles streams in the source movie, you can use the program to rip Blu-ray to " Lossless/encoded multi-track MKV(*.mkv)" under "Multi-track Video" category.

Lossless multi-track MKV copy

Blu-ray to digital movie format copy

Here, select the output digital file format according to which devices you plan to stream the Blu-ray movies from Synology DS1517+ to. Here, we choose one of the best compatible digital file formats "H.264 HD Video(*mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Blu-ray to digital movie format copy

Step 3: Start Blu-ray to Synology DS218j backup process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin Blu-ray to Synology DS218j copying or ripping process.

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Friday, December 1, 2017

Play DVD Movies on iPhone X

Most of us have a large DVD collection, and lots of great films still to watch DVD. But wouldn't it be great if you could watch a DVD on your newly purchased iPhone X? It seems impossible to expect Apple to add a DVD drive on iPhone X for inserting your DVD disc, but the good news is that you can convert all our old DVDs into iPhone X playable digital file formats for syncing to it via iTunes.

iPhone X supported file formats

Before perform DVD to digital file format conversion process, we should first be clear of what digital file formats can be viewed on iPhone X. From Appple's iPhone X specification page, we see that iPhone 8 can direct playback the following file types:

Video formats: HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG
Audio formats: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+)

Rip DVD for iPhone X playback

Here, you can get the job easily down by downloading our powerful yet simple to use application - Pavtube DVDAid. The program can facilitates you to automatically remove all DVD copy protection and region code in the background with its built-in disc decrypter, and then freely rip the non-protected DVD movies to iPhone X playable video and audio file formats listed above on the same interface.

To get the best output video and audio quality for iPhone X, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to let them adapt with iPhone X.

For Mac users, please switch to download the Mac version " Pavtube DVDAid for Mac to perform the conversion on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X Mavericks.

Step by Step to Rip DVD Movies for iPhone X Playing

Step 1: Import DVD Movies.

Load DVD movies

Step 2: Output iPhone X supported file formats.

Clicking the "Format" bar, from its drop-down list, select one of iPhone X playable digital file formats such as "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

Output iPhone X supported file formats

Tips: Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly adjust the output the profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality.

Step 3: Begin DVD to iPhone X ripping process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin DVD to iPhone X supported digital file formats conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then feel free to add converted files to iTunes for syncing to iPhone X.

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Play Blu-ray Movies on iPhone X

The iPhone X is Apple's new flagship 10th anniversary iPhone featuring a 5.8-inch OLED display, facial recognition and 3D camera functionality, a glass body, and an A11 Bionic processor. For Blu-ray movies collectors who are going to get one, you may come the ideal to enjoy your favorite Blu-ray movies on iPhone X when you are on the move. However, you may be disappointed to find there is no direct way to enjoy Blu-ray disc on iPhone X since it lacks the internal Blu-ray drive and the Blu-ray playback software. The good news is that you can rip Blu-ray disc to iPhone X playable digital file formats for viewing on the phone with its built-in video player software. Have more interest, just read on...

iPhone X supported file formats

Before going any further, first let's have a glance at what digital file formats can be viewed on iPhone X. From Appple's iPhone X specification page, we see that iPhone 8 can direct playback the following file types:

Video formats: HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG
Audio formats: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+)

Rip Blu-ray to iPhone X playing

When you are searching on the market, you may find that there are many programs on the market can assist you to complete the job. However, if you are looking for powerful yet simple to use application to get the job done, we highly recommend Pavtube ByteCopy to you. The program can assists you to automatically and powerfully bypass all Blu-ray copy protection including AACS, BD+, Cinavia, UOP, DRM, BD-ROM Mark and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, etc and even the latest MKB61 and MKB62 encryption used on many recently released Blu-ray movies.

On the same interface of the program, you can then rip the non-protected Blu-ray movies to iPhone X readable digital file formats listed above. To get better output file quality, feel free to adjust output profile parameters including video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc in the program's "Profile Settings" window.

For your convenience, the program is available on both Windows and Mac platform. For Mac users, please switch to download Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac for macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X Mavericks.

Step by Step to Rip Blu-ray Movies for iPhone X Playing

Step 1: Load Blu-ray disc.

Insert the Blu-ray disc into your computer's Blu-ray drive. If your computer doesn't ship with a drive, you will need to purchase an external USB Blu-ray drive to read on the data on Blu-ray disc. Then press "File" > "Load from disc" option on the main interface, alternatively, you can also import Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO files with the program.

http://www.multipelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/load-dvd-for-lossless-backup.jpg

Step 2: Output iPhone X supported file formats.

Clicking the "Format" bar, from its drop-down list, select one of iPhone X playable digital file formats such as "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.

http://www.multipelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rip-blu-ray-dvd-to-mp4-mkv-avi-plex-roku.jpg

Step 3: Adjust output profile parameters.

Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly adjust the output the profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality.

http://multimedia-hive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/adjust-output-profile-settings.jpg

Step 4: Start Blu-ray to iPhone X ripping process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin Blu-ray to iPhone X supported digital file formats conversion process.

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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Edit GoPro Hero 4K H.265 with Avid Media Composer

Have shot some 4K H.265 video with your GoPro Hero 6 camera and wish to load the 4K footage into Avid Media Composer for some professional post editing workflow. The following article will show you how to get a smooth workflow of GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 with Avid Media Composer.

Can Avid handle all GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 video?

From Avid Media Composer supported file formats, we can see this professional editing software lacks the ability to direct handle 4K H.265 video shot with GoPro Hero 6 camera. What's more, as Avid's system requirements for 4K editing at quite high. You should have a dual 10 core Xeon system as an "entry level" 4K editing suite and ideally a faster computer for more 4K editing. It would be much ideal for you to compress 4K to 1080p for smooth editing.

Transcode GoPro Hero 6 4K for Avid Media Composer

To fix the codec incompatible issue, you can download a third-party video conversion app called Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to decode the unsupported 4K H.265 to Avid Media Composer most favorable 1080p DNxHD codec. The program supports batch conversion mode, so that you can load multiple GoPro Hero 6 4K into the application for conversion at one time.

Besides that, you can also flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality.

The program is available on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X Mavericks, etc. It is accompanied by an up-to-date Windows version - Pavtube Video Converter for Windows 10/8.1/8/7.

Step by Step to Transcode and Compress GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 for Avid Editing

Step 1: Load GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 video.

Load GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 video

Step 2: Choose output file format.

From "Format" drop-down option, choose Avid Media Composer best editing codec by selecting "Avid Media Composer..." > "Avid DNxHD(*.mov)".

Output Avid supported 1080p DNxHD editing codec

Step 3: Start the conversion process.

After all the settings is over, go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom "Convert" button to start to convert GoPro Hero 6 4K H.265 video to Avid Media Composer best compatible 1080p DNxHD Codec editing format.

When the conversion is completed, launch Avid Media Composer on your Mac computer to import converted video to Avid Media Composer for smooth editing workflow on either fast or slow computer.

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Friday, November 10, 2017

Stream 4K Video from Synology DS216play to Plex

Is Synology DS216play a good choice for 4K streaming via Plex?

"Hello! I'm a long time user of Plex with Synology NAS. But recently I upgraded my TV and now I own a 4k model. The problem is that my current Synology NAS is not powerful enough to play 4k content (Synology DS213). So I want to upgrade to a new version that will be powerful enough to stream 4k content. I appreciate if you could confirm if DS216play is the right choice. Synology website claims it is, but I'd like to confirm with you plex users."

Testing for DS216play 4K transcoding capability

DS216play is the least-expensive NAS box available featuring hardware-assisted 4K h.264/h.265 transcoding that we know of. Test from techhive shows that they have loaded the DS216+ with numerous test files, including about a dozen 2160p (UHD 3840x2160 and 4K 4096x2160) videos. They played files using Synology's in-browser Video Station player. 2160p videos (AVC and HEVC) played well also, at least those limited to about 30 frames per second and around 6 megabits per second (HEVC) or 20Mbps (AVC). AVC is a lot easier to process than the more heavily compressed HEVC. Beyond that, both audio and video stutter began to creep in; 60fps files weren't recognized.

From above tests, we can see that the Synology DS216play lacks the ability to handle 4K 60fps files, therefore, when you try to stream the 4K/60p files from Synology to Plex, the Plex Media Server will try to perform a transcoding process due to the incompatible frame rate. However, transcoding 4K content can be a CPU-intensive process and and especially NAS devices might not be capable of doing so in real-time.

Transcode 4K video for Synology DS216play streaming via Plex

To get a smooth streaming experience, then it is ideal for you to use a third-party video conversion app such as Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to transcode 4K video with incompatible frame rate to Synology Plex app smooth handle 30fps.

Besides the frame rate, you can also flexibly adjust other profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc according to your own needs.

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Step by Step to Transcode 4K for Synology DS216play Streaming