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Guru3D.com » News » 4K UHD Netflix content on NVIDIA GPUs (update) MS Pulls Free HEVC Support

4K UHD Netflix content on NVIDIA GPUs (update) MS Pulls Free HEVC Support

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/17/2017 12:31 PM | source: | 59 comment(s)
4K UHD Netflix content on NVIDIA GPUs (update) MS Pulls Free HEVC Support

Nvidia updated its support pages with an update on 4K UHD Netflix content playback in relation to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Below the fold an overview of options, necessities. Something Nvidia notes, HEVC codec is no longer free. Microsoft requires you to purchase a license.

4K UHD Netflix content on NVIDIA GPUs To enable Netflix UHD playback, the following is required:

  • NVIDIA Driver version 387.96 or newer driver.  No older GeForce driver will support this functionality at this time
  • NVIDIA Pascal based GPU or newer, GeForce GTX 1050 or greater with minimum 3GB memory
  • HDCP 2.2 capable monitor(s). Please see the additional section below if you are using multiple monitors and/or multiple GPUs.
  • Microsoft Edge browser or Netflix app from the Windows Store
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (10.0.16299 Build 16299 or newer): 
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-fall-creators-update
  • Approximately 25Mbps (or faster) internet connection.

Single or multi GPU multi monitor configuration

In case of a multi monitor configuration on a single GPU or multiple GPUs where GPUs are not linked together in SLI/LDA mode, 4K UHD streaming will happen only if all the active monitors are HDCP2.2 capable. If any of the active monitors is not HDCP2.2 capable, the quality will be downgraded to FHD. Below is a sample table for the case of 2 monitors:

Monitor 1

Monitor 2

Expected Stream Quality

HDCP2.2 (active)

HDCP2.2 (active)

4K UHD

HDCP2.2 (active)

HDCP1.X (connected but not active)

4K UHD

HDCP2.2 (active)

HDCP1.X (active)

FHD

SLI configuration

Currently, 4K UHD streaming is not supported for SLI/LDA configurations. However, if the GPUs are not linked together in SLI/LDA mode, 4K UHD streaming will work fine if all of the active monitors are HDCP2.2 capable.

Please note.  If you are using a fresh install of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you may need to go to the Windows store to purchase the HEVC codec to playback Netflix 4K/HDR content. Microsoft no longer provides this for free.







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Redemption80
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#5493150 Posted on: 11/17/2017 01:26 PM
It's still showing as free when I go to the store.

RonanH
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#5493160 Posted on: 11/17/2017 01:48 PM
Why do they make it so hard to view 4k content?

Razoola
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#5493176 Posted on: 11/17/2017 02:27 PM
I read this and thought... Man are they serious...... Since 387.92 HDR in nvidia drivers is totally bricked in relation to HDR and movies. If you watch a HDR demo in a player like MPC-HC the nvidia drivers enable HDR just fine, they do not disable HDR once the playback has ended however (crash). This causes all sorts of issues with anything you do after.... In effect HDR is locked on, even in win7 on the desktop (which has no HDR setting). Then when you try and watch a SDR movie all colors are washed out because HDMI is still outputting BT.2020. Whats worse, there is no way to turn HDR off again. You need to re install the driver to reset it.

I reported this to nvidia over a month ago and got a support ticket... So far I have heard nothing and there are multiple people with this problem, both on win7 and win10.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5493181 Posted on: 11/17/2017 02:45 PM
It's still showing as free when I go to the store.



If you are using a fresh install of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you may need to go to the Windows store to purchase the HEVC codec to playback Netflix 4K/HDR content. Microsoft no longer provides this for free.

RzrTrek
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#5493185 Posted on: 11/17/2017 02:52 PM
How much does it cost?

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