New TV. Watching 4k while desktop res is set to lower?

justinf10000 · Aug 1, 2016

I figured this belongs in the system forum more than the display forum, so here I go.

Quick question for you guys.

I currently run my desktop in 1080p but I have some 4k videos I want to watch. My tv can handle 4k but I prefer having desktop in 1080p for icon size.

With that said. If i want to play a 4k video with VLC player, do I need to set my desktop res to 4k for the video to play in 4k? Or can i leave the desktop at 1080 and the video will play in 4k anyways?

Thanks in advance

basroil · Aug 1, 2016

No, it's impossible.

You have two options:

1) Use extended desktop, and simply set your software to display on the TV portion (I highly recommend MPC-HC if VLC it too hard to use)
2) Use 4K on the whole thing and simply use screen scaling in the resolution option. You can disable scaling for the media player and everything but that player will be scaled to the equivalent of 1080p if you pick 200% scaling

justinf10000 · Aug 1, 2016

basroil :

That's what I thought, but I couldn't confirm. Thanks for letting me know!

Use screen scaling for what? What will that do?

basroil · Aug 1, 2016

justinf10000 :

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953978/displays/use-windows-10s-individual-display-scaling-to-perfect-your-multi-monitor-setup.html

Basically it makes a 4K screen act like a 1080p screen for anything that doesn't know how to scale properly, and makes a 4K's items the same physical size (but far better quality) for anything that does understand scaling.

justinf10000 · Aug 1, 2016

basroil :

How do i do this?? Sounds amazing. I dont like using 4k just because of the terrible scaling on some icons/menus. I'm running windows 10 and gtx 970

basroil · Aug 1, 2016

That site should have the how-to right there

justinf10000 · Aug 1, 2016

basroil :

I read the article, but it only shows how to scale things that scale well using windows settings. I thought you meant you had another way of doing it that would scale the icons/menus of things not affected by that.

basroil · Aug 1, 2016

justinf10000 :

You have it the other way around. You set the default to 200% scaling, and then simply set certain programs to NOT scale. Scaling will scale ALL windows components, UWP apps, and most desktop applications.

justinf10000 · Aug 2, 2016

basroil :

justinf10000 :

You have it the other way around. You set the default to 200% scaling, and then simply set certain programs to NOT scale. Scaling will scale ALL windows components, UWP apps, and most desktop applications.

Thank you

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