

Click Save Next restart VLC Player and play 4K video.ĥ.Click on box across the Hardware-accelerated Decoding option and choose Disable.įigure: Hardware-accelerated Decoding option.Steps to disable hardware-accelerated decoding: If you are facing video problem in playing any 4k video file in VLC, try once by disabling the hardware-accelerated decoding. VLC Media Player can use computer’s GPU to accelerate decoding of some type of video codec streams. With hardware accelerated decoding, the task of playing certain videos (usually H.264 MP4 videos) is taken off from CPU and handed over to GPU of your computer. Under Video Settingsin Output, change Automatic to DirectX (DirectDraw) video output.Steps to change Video Output settings in VLC Player: Tip: you can also change Network caching (ms) and Disc caching (ms) to higher values and check which one setting works best to fix 4K videos issues.įor many users, switching the video output to DirectX DirectDraw or OpenGL makes the 4K HD videos playable in VLC Media Player. Under the Advanced heading, change the value of File caching (ms) from 300 to a higher value like 10,000 or 20,000.In Advanced settings, click Input / Codecs.Steps to increase Cache Value in VLC Media Player:įigure: Show settings option in Preferences window

Note: If you do not find Cache option in your VLC Player, update it. Try increasing the Cache Values in the software settings.

This method works when your 4K UHD videos stutter or lag in VLC Media Player. Therefore, the first step to fix VLC 4K media playability issues is to download the latest version of VLC 3.0 Media Player and try it out to watch high-definition videos without any disturbance. The VLC Media Player, in its latest version 3.0, comes with better support and capabilities for playing 4K UHD videos.
