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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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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".

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 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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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Step by Step to Rip DVD Movies for iPhone X Playing

Step 1: Import DVD Movies.

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".

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.

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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