Ok update, this is exactly why I want to be clear about what I'm trying to do. Most of us talk like "this SHOULD be enough" and "I've never had a problem with playback". So let me describe exactly what is happening.
I just shot some 1080/60p video with my new panasonic camcorder. These are my computer specs, should be pretty beefy even if it is a couple of years old:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=16186.0The files are m2ts files. If I play them in Light Alloy, Daum Potplayer, and anything else, it struggles with it. The playback is choppy. The whole computer almost locks up as it struggles to handle all this video. This is not a smooth experience. It works, nothing crashes, eventually you can get the video to play decently. But it's clear that it is lacking processing power somewhere. So where is it? This is what I want to figure out. Why? Because once I do, I will know exactly what parts to buy, what specs to look for when building a system that is primarily optimized for 1080p playback. Not gaming, not rendering, not photoshopping, just 1080p playback.
Now, if you guys say that your raspberry pi or older and less powerful computers can play back these types of files with "no problem" then I will be surprised. If that is true, there is some component in your system that is just the right thing for this. What is it? A special type of RAM? A special type of GPU?
What I want is this:
--when a video is double-clicked to play, it should be as quick as possible. no thinking about it for 10 seconds.
--dragging the seekbar back and forth should not lock up the computer. Should be relatively quick also.
--playback should be smooth. This is 60 frames a second at 1080 resolution. It's a lot. When it's smooth, it's a wonderful experience. When it's not, it's not worth watching.
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