It's also clunky and inconvenient opening one TV app then waiting for it to open an addon etc I enabled frame rate switching but there's still some hitching during panning shots etc. Kodi TV app with Plex addon - stylized subtitles are shown but video playback isn't as smooth as the Plex app. Upscaling 1080p is great, 480p also good but not sure if madvr can do it better? Can't show stylized subtitles Plex TV app - smoothest playback with refresh rate switching enabled out of all of them, 4k HDR high bitrate runs great when it's running but it's buffering often with a 150mbs internet connection on high bitrate files. I'm mostly interested in the performance of both 4k high bitrate files as I can't stream these to TV apps when they go over 60-70mpbs without buffering, and also 480p upscaling as I'm not sure how best to do it. I can't eyeball the difference unfortunately as I only have the one display so I can't compare it side by side, but here's the impression I've gotten from trying these methods out: As for the files, I'm mostly watching either 4k HDR, 1080p, or stuff like anime at 480p. I'm using the Sony x900f TV as a monitor, which has a pretty good upscaler from what I know, but what I'm trying to figure out is would it be better to play the files via Windows and MPC/madvr or just stream them to TV apps like Plex and Kodi. This has happened while I was trying out a madvr settings.bin preset for highest settings that I found here and I got 80% GPU usage while playing 480p files without a huge visual benefit that I could see. I have a 1080 Ti so power isn't the problem, I just don't want to keep the GPU at gaming temperatures and noise levels while watching videos.

I'm trying to figure out which of these to use to play movies and shows at the highest picture quality available while upscaling, but without excessive GPU usage.

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