Can the Fire tv stick 4k max direct play hi10 video files?

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Something a little off topic…but can the Fire tv stick 4k max direct play hi10 video files?

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It should. See back here:

But the color information has to be stated on the steam info, so encodes from web or other sources may not have it.

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Would I be able to direct play from the Plex app or will I need to play it through Kodi?

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The Plex app supports it. You can try my most recent sample here.

If the file does not supply the needed color info it will look like this on the Plex app, which is why I was asking for a setting specifically to block 10-bit direct play be added.

You can still watch those files that come up green in the native app by using the Plex plugin on Kodi, but you will be playing back in software at that point, so there will be performance issue with high resolution/bitrate files. I find 720p is generally okay. But complicated subtitles or 1080p can have judderly playback.

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I don’t have it yet… I’m planning on buying it since it’s in discount but I needed to confirm first cause last time I bought the CCwGTV as someone said that it supports hi10 without looking into it myself…do you have the 4k or the 4k max version?

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The original 4K (2018).

Check your files in Plex for the lines I have marked here:

Codec H264
Bitrate 10007 kbps
Bit Depth 10
Chroma Location left
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Coded Height 1088
Coded Width 1920
Color Primaries bt709  <---------- One (or maybe all) of these notations
Color Range tv         <---------- regarding color space in the video need
Color Space bt709      <---------- to be present in the file for the device 
Color Trc bt709        <---------- to be able to Direct Play Hi10P in the app.
Frame Rate 23.976 fps
Height 1080
Level 4.1
Profile high 10
Ref Frames 4
Scan Type progressive
Width 1920
Display Title 1080p (H.264 High 10)
Extended Display Title 1080p (H.264 High 10)
Codec AC3
Channels 6
Bitrate 448 kbps
Language English
Language Tag en
Audio Channel Layout 5.1(side)
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Title Dolby Digital 5.1 448 Kbps
Display Title English (AC3 5.1)
Extended Display Title Dolby Digital 5.1 448 Kbps (English AC3)
Codec ASS
Language English
Language Tag en
Display Title English (ASS)
Extended Display Title English (ASS)
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Some seem to have it and some don’t

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The ones that don’t have it won’t play properly without transcoding being used, unless some work is done on the Plex app (or ExoPlayer more likely).

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Ok thanks

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Got the fire stick 4k max yesterday… files which don’t have the color information seem to direct play fine

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Oh? That’s awesome. Thanks for letting me know. Perhaps the GPU difference is able to figure things out better.

I thought of picking up a Max back on Labor Day sales but didn’t since I saw multiple reviews mentioning it wasn’t really much of an upgrade and I have two plain 4k’s now.

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