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TonyJapMayo

Hi gents,

Any users of 4k screen computer user? Preferably the laptop.
I have the 4K EVGA SC17 - GTX 1070 (Found out that 4K with laptop screen is a waste after buying it, but let's move on from that).

So to Maximize the 4K, any apps that you recommend to use? Music, movie, music recorder, etc..
E.g. Default VLC with 4k is very small (all the buttons, fonts, etc). Scaling it up works, but other that works normally became too big..

And any VR item you would recommend?
Not too expensive but still great for everything VRs..

Thanks folks, Happy Gaming =)
Don't forget the poll, I know I'm not the only 4K Laptop users in the world ><

Edit: Before anyone say something, I noticed the Poll answer for Console has 1 misspell =)

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TonyJapMayo

Can also share your currently used apps. Below is the template & I'll start: (Feel free to add other stuff)

  • Internet : Chrome
  • Video : VLC
  • Music : Foobar & MediaMonkey
  • Picture : Windows Picture Viewer
  • Jap Games : pAppLoc
  • Unzipper : 7Zip
  • Image Mounter : WinCDEmu
  • Torrent : uTorrent
  • Uninstaller : Geek Uninstaller
  • Maintenance : CCleaner
  • Anti Virus : Avast
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thresher3253

Internet : Firefox
Video : VLC
Music : Windows Media Player
Picture : Windows Picture Viewer
Unzipper : WinRar
Image Mounter : Daemon Tools
Torrent : uTorrent
Maintenance : CCleaner
Anti Virus : Windows Defender

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Raywen
Internet : Firefox 
Video : VLC
Music : AIMP
Picture : Faststone Image Viewer
Jap Games : -
Unzipper : 7Zip
Image Mounter : -
Torrent : qbitTorrent
Uninstaller : -
Maintenance : -
Anti Virus : -
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TonyJapMayo

AIMP user... Quite rare.. I use AIMP for my phone =)

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HAKIMODO

Internet : Vivaldi
Video : Zoom Player
Music : Winamp
Picture : Faststone
Unzipper : DOpus
Image Mounter : DT
Torrent : uTorrent
Maintenance : Odkurzacz
Anti Virus : Windows Defender / Comodo
Video Recorder: OBS + Mirilis Action + Elgato HD60

On 4K you can turn on option on mouse to leave trails. It's easy to locate mouse after that.
You can also make a shortcuts to quickly switch resolution between FHD nad 4K.

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Manzana

Internet : Chrome
Video : Media Player Classic
Music : Foobar
Picture : ACDSee 2.xx
Jap Games : ¿?
Unzipper : WinRAR
Image Mounter : Daemon Tools
Torrent : qBittorrent
Uninstaller : Revo Uninstaller
Maintenance : None
Anti Virus : Avast

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salemSamwise

Internet : firfox(still use chrome,but latest FF is so good)
Video : MPC
Music : Foobar
Picture : Windows Picture Viewer
Jap Games : what??
Unzipper : 7Zip
Image Mounter : ImDisk (for NFTS junction also)
Torrent : qBitorrent (u is bloated now -_-)
Uninstaller : non, a fresh windows evey now and then
Maintenance : CCleaner, not always
Anti Virus : LOL

and few tools:
space sniffer
CPUZ
HWiNFO
MSI afterburner
openoffice

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thresher3253

There's no "everything" option. I got a decent desktop and also all the consoles.

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TonyJapMayo

Ah, pick your main one. I too have others (e.g. Switch) =)

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TonyJapMayo

Was told this by someone else before. Haven't try but hopefully tonight.. Cheers =)

Edit: By madVR, is it only for VR? or what is it?
I don't have VR tools atm..

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TonyJapMayo

Thanks. Used to use both MPC & VLC before. Guess I'm taking back MPC to my life =)

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KillingArts
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I can recommend Zoom Player. Excellent video player with hundreds of nice options and full customizability. It's not free, but imho it's worth it. The only other player I know that had a similar comfort level was KMPlayer, but that one got more and more infected with AdWare while not getting any actual updates. Zoom Player has been bundled before (Groupees I think), so you might even get it cheap on Steamtrades. ZP also has madVR support, if that's relevant

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TonyJapMayo

Will check the free ones first. If they dont look big enough with 4K 17" laptop, then might try the pay ones.

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TheVillain

I have desktop with GtX 1070 and 4k TV as monitor.
Here's what I use:

Internet : Chrome
Video : PotPlayer + madVR (similiar to MPC-HC but better UI)
Music : MusicBee
Picture : Windows Picture Viewer
Unzipper : Peazip
Image Mounter : Daemon Tools
Torrent : Free download manager
Uninstaller : Default
Maintenance : CCleaner
Anti Virus : Windows Defender
Drawing app : Krita (scalable UI, easy to use like SAI and free)

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TonyJapMayo

Interesting.. Will look at that "Pot" later =)

If its with TV, I think even any apps wouldn't look small anyway??
Not like my 4K & 17" Laptop..

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TheVillain

Yeah funny name :), but it's robust video player and actually developed by kakao.
Hmm yeah, but some apps do still looks smallish even on 4K TV.
The app that i use they have good visibility UI and some are scalable, I think they'll work well at 17" laptop too.

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TonyJapMayo

So I decided to give PotPlayer a shot first, since I already know MPC.
But how do I install the MadVR to it? I've only unzipped the folder in program files and did the install.bat

Anything else I need to do in PotPlayer setting? Thanks =)

Edit: After comparing both Por & VLC, the Pot is definitely darker than VLC (comparing with the same movie).
Did I do something wrong?

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TheVillain

Hi, after executed the .bat, I think madVR already installed.

Now you need to configure potplayer to use madVR as renderer.
Right click Potplayer when playing video, select Video > Video Renderer > Madshi Video Renderer.

Then configure madVR filter setting.
Right click, select Filter > Madshi video renderer, click it, then click "edit setting".
You can configure it to have great upsacale feature, here's good setting guide

As for brightness and color setting, you can right click and select "Video", the lower part contains brightness setting etc.
Or right click, click "preference" > Video > colorspaces.

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TonyJapMayo

Thanks for your reply.

I did the video renderer, but I cant see Madshi in Filter (only DXVA Video decoder).
Anything else I should try?

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TheVillain

Try this:
Right click, filters > manage filters, click add registered filter and add madVR.
If it's not there, add external filters and point to madVR, add madVR.ax

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TonyJapMayo

It works, thanks.

I also tried to follow your guide as best as I can, since the interface are quite different (prob older version).
So now whenever I use POT, the MadVR starts automatically or do I need to activate it manually?

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TheVillain

MadVR will start automatically, unless you changed the video renderer manually.
You can test the enhancement by playing some video with madVR renderer and switched to other renderer like "built in Direct3D 11", there should be noticeable different.

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TonyJapMayo

Unfortunately it deosnt have the "Scroll to backward / forward" feature like VLC. That feature is wonderful.
But so far it looks good after the MadVR.

Thanks =)

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TheVillain

Do you mean using mouse wheel as forward / backward?
You can configure those in preference > general > mouse.
Then configure wheel up as jump forward, wheel down as jump backward.

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TonyJapMayo

Close, but not that.
In VLC, if we scroll up / down on the "Elapsed time bar" (left side of volume), then it would go forward / backward.
Scrolling anywhere else would change the volume (default).

I checked the mouse option but it has no option to do that unfortunately.

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MaxBedlam

I've been using PotPlayer for many years now for both watching videos and listening to music and I'm very satisfied with it. Before that I used KMPlayer made by the same author.

It has a lot of settings to mess around with and is overall great. Definitely give it a try.

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TonyJapMayo

Will do sir. Thanks for the input =)

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Starwhite

Never felt the need to use any different programs no matter what the resolution is. Also scaling just takes away the whole point of more resolution, having more space to work in.

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TonyJapMayo

But when your screen is small, its hard to see & click those tiny buttons ><
17" aint big enough apparently..

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TonyJapMayo

Actually googled that astolfo thing.. Seen that somewhere in Pewds channel I think ><

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Sachys

Genunely not sure what you mean / are asking.

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TonyJapMayo

Mainly asking for Apps Recommendation for 4K 17" Laptop.
Because some apps that looks fine for 1080p, would look very small with 4K (Hard to see & click).

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Sachys

Ahah! Now it makes more sense.

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Pietruszek

WOW, didn't expect such one sided answers to the poll :O

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TonyJapMayo

Well, I kinda expected to see more dekstop users. After all you get more for less =)

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Rexlux

Internet : Chrome
Video : VLC
Music : Spotify
Picture : Photos
Unzipper : Windows Explorer
Image Mounter : None
Torrent : None
Uninstaller : Control Panel? Who uses anything else in 2018?
Maintenance : Clean install of Windows every 6 months
Anti Virus : Windows Defender

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TonyJapMayo

Uninstalling with control panel sometimes would leave leftover files behinds, whereas using a specific uninstaller would "supposedly" delete all trace of the uninstalled program.

But not needed since you clean install windows every 6 months ><

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Rexlux

Those programs are usually unneccessary bloatware. If you do not install the program in the first place, you will not have to uninstall it, too.

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