Streaming at higher resolutions?
Streaming at higher resolutions?
I've finally invested in a high resolution monitor, which means 1080p content looks pretty bad, especially on a 32 inch display.
I've been using FMovies so far for streaming, but now that 1080 looks like shit on my display, it's sort of lost it's appeal. Are there any ways to have a convenient streaming setup (that doesn't require too much effort for every new movie/show I want to watch) that also supports 1440p or 4k?
Keep in mind that bitrate is king. Of course anything on FMovies is gonna look crap because they can't afford the bandwidth for all the people that use it to have crazy high bitrate streams.
A decent 20-40mbps 1080p movie is gonna look better than any FMovies type site streaming 4k.
20-40 Mbps is way overkill for 1080p.
Unless you plan on using to source encodes.
It's quite some work to set it up and get it running but I use the *arr stack with Jellyfin and Kodi
Here's a guide to get started with docker: link
It's fire and forget, so you set it up and configure it and then you basically have your own netflix. I'm currently downloading everything in 1080p Blue-Ray quality which looks pretty nice on my 27inch 1440p monitor (Kodi also upscales your Videos, which is nice). You can also setup Jellyseerr after you followed the Trash Guide to make downloading just a matter of 3 clicks, really feels like you have your own netflix just better
Also don't forget to use some kind of vpn for torrenting with sonarr/radarr if you're in a country where torrentimg is illegal
An alternative to torrenting though is Usenet. It takes a bit of setting up but there are some nice advantages. No worrying about needing to seed back and you're not going to need to worry about a VPN or your ISP forwarding on threatening letters. Sure it costs money, but I think I pay about £45 per year and I don't regret that one little bit.
Viewing distance and bitrate are most important. Sitting too close will make many things look bad.
For a 32 inch display you want to be 4 and a half feet back, and for a cinematic view you want 3 feet back.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship
I recommend primewire.mx
I don't know about how high the resolution goes but it has been my favorite streaming site for a while
If you have a 3050-level graphics card or higher you can use RTX upscaling to improve the image, from the browser. 1080p content improves a lot if the base bitrate is okay, but dogshit 700mb/hr rips are always going to look bad.