Intel UHD Graphics 620 sufficient for h264 decoding?

[bodobaas]

Wondering if this is sufficient for decoding on the slave laptop.

My PC is not an issue.

Have tried to dig on this myself but can't come up with a satisfying answer.

help so very appreciated..!

[bodobaas]

Essentially, I am trying to determine whether the new xps 13's can handle the throughput to my LG tv.

[kreiselhoschi]

It can decode the stream in HW, but don´t expect any wonders.

[Mio Rin]

This is my desktop:

System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.2.1 Desktop: Gnome 3.30.2 
           Distro: Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: ASUSTeK product: UN68U v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UN68U serial: <filter> UEFI: ASUSTeK v: 0405 date: 12/11/2017 
Battery:   Device-1: sony_controller_battery_08:a9:5a:8f:f3:9b model: N/A charge: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 31872 
           Speed: 4003 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4001 2: 3965 3: 4000 4: 3835 5: 3990 6: 4003 7: 3991 
           8: 4001 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: Fedora Project X.org 1.20.3 driver: i915 resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f040 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
           IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-2: virbr0-nic state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 404.47 GiB (84.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512G39TND-N210A size: 476.94 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 48.97 GiB used: 10.76 GiB (22.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: /boot size: 975.9 MiB used: 197.3 MiB (20.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: /home size: 417.21 GiB used: 393.49 GiB (94.3%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/dm-2 
           ID-4: swap-1 size: 7.83 GiB used: 12.5 MiB (0.2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 257 Uptime: 5d 16h 52m Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 1.40 GiB (9.0%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 8.2.1 Shell: bash v: 4.4.23 inxi: 3.0.29 

It handles streaming on the client side at 1440p@60Hz without problems. :)

[bodobaas]

thanks

[ACE]

I am watching 4K (2160P) on my ultrabook with a 605, so the GPU isn't the point. It's more ram amount and connection (wired or not) that matters. oh, H264&265 of course

[Iron-Clone]

Originally posted by ACE:

I am watching 4K (2160P) on my ultrabook with a 605, so the GPU isn't the point. It's more ram amount and connection (wired or not) that matters. oh, H264&265 of course

Are you watching movies in 30 FPS or are you actually receiving a 60 FPS Remote Play Stream?

Because in my case the Intel UHD performance was not sufficient for the latter, see https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/3040432704968588075/
(I had 8 GB RAM and a wired gigabit connection.)

[ACE]

Originally posted by Iron-Clone:

Originally posted by ACE:

I am watching 4K (2160P) on my ultrabook with a 605, so the GPU isn't the point. It's more ram amount and connection (wired or not) that matters. oh, H264&265 of course

Are you watching movies in 30 FPS or are you actually receiving a 60 FPS Remote Play Stream?

Because in my case the Intel UHD performance was not sufficient for the latter, see https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/3040432704968588075/
(I had 8 GB RAM and a wired gigabit connection.)

=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video
but i think i have read some time ago 4k video acceleration is limited to 30 frames in 4k, but not sure. anyway my ultrabook is 1920, so 60 frames runs well.
i meant 4k videos before, whis is produced in 24 frames, and i guess this is what intel had focus on :/ Intel isn't focusing on gaming....