HomeStruggles when playing back certain 4K files in MPC-HC
When I play back some 4K files, my CPU usage is pinned at 100%, frames are dropped, and the video lags. When I play other 4K files, everything works just fine. I've established that everything plays smoothly when I play 4K H.264 files, but my computer starts struggling when playing 4K HEVC files. This might just be because playing back HEVC is a bit tougher than playing back H.264 files, but my CPU usage doesn't go much higher than 35% when playing H.264, so I should be fine playing HEVC files?
Why MPC-HC struggles when playing 4K HEVC files?
When people try to use the MPC-HC - a software to decode 4K HEVC files, it will try to use the CPU only, while decoding a high definition like 4K HEVC will be an extremely CPU-occupying task. Therefore, if you happen to own a computer that has a lower CPU, then the software - MPC-HC won't be able to decode such videos smoothly. That's why MPC-HC struggles when playing 4K HEVC files.
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Fix MPC-HC 4K HEVC playback struggling issues
To get a smooth playback experience with 4K HEVC video on MPC-HC, the best simple solution is to compress 4K HEVC/H.265 to 1080p/720p HD H.265/HEVC or HD H.264 format. Here, you can get the job easily completed by downloading a simple to use application - Pavtube Video Converter.
The program has full loading support for the 4K HEVC/H.265 video wrapped with either MP4/MKV/MOV container file format from various different resources such as online downloaded movies, iPhone 7/7 Plus/8/8 Plus/X recorded videos or GoPro/DJI camera shot footage. Thanks for its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple 4K HEVC/H.265 video into the application for conversion at one time. With this simple to use application, you can easily transcode 4K H.265/HEVC to any of MPC-HC more compatible 4K or HD file formats. If you want to preserve the original H.265/HEVC file format, just choose to output 4K H.265/HEVC to HD H.265 file format which will ensure you a smooth video playback experience.
Trim/Crop/Split 4K H.265/HEVC files
If there are certain video clips that you don't want to view on MPC-HC, just use the "
Trim" option in the video editor window to cut off unwanted parts in the beginning or end, if there are some black edges around the video frame, just use the "Crop" option to remove them off. You can also split your large HEVC/H.265 files into small by file size, count or length.
Step by Step to Transcode 4K HEVC/H.265 for MPC-HC Smooth Playback
Step 1: Load 4K H.265/HEVC files into the program.
After the successful installation, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to load 4K H.265/HEVC files into the application.
Step 2: Output one of MPC-HC best playable file format.
Click "Format", from its drop-down option, to fix MPC-HC 4K H.265/HEVC video playback choppy or corruption issues, you can choose to output "H.265 HD Video(*mp4)" or "H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category.
Step 3: Adjust output playback settings for MPC-HC.
Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window to tweak the output video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution or audio codec, bit rate, sample rate or channels, etc according to your own needs.
Step 4: Edit 4K H.265/HEVC video.
Check an item to active the "Video Editor" function, then click the pencil like icon on the top tool bar to open the "Video Editor" window, you can trim video length, crop video black bars, add watermark, apply sepcial rendering effect, remove/replace audio in video, etc.
Step 5: Carry out the conversion process.
After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom "Convert" button to convert 4K HEVC/H.265 to MPC-HC readable video and audio file formats.
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