It’s not even really better on Windows. (Nearly) all streaming services restrict resolution to 720p if you watch on a PC, mobile phone or tablet. With the exception of Netflix if you watch with Microsoft Edge or Chrome, I believe.
yeah I don’t run into this issue on my mac at work or at home, but i do with every windows and linux machine i try them on. I can do whateevr the fuck i want on my plex server though…if i could only get my wife to adapt to the plex UI and the ombi requester…
You’re sure Netflix plays 4k on Android? I have Widevine L1 reported in my Android Netflix app (on my rooted Android phone thanks to Magisk and the various spoofing/root-hiding tools). But even at L1 the video is limited to 1080p. I think it may be an app platform limitation, but would love to be proven wrong.
It’s the first guess, I get that, but if the root is detected, the Netflix app shows Widevine L3. So I don’t think that’s it.
My best guess is that it may be that for 2K-ish devices (as most even flagship phones are, including my Pixel 7 Pro), there is no 2K-quality stream option on Netflix’s back end, and Netflix may not stream 4K unless the full resolution can be used.
iirc, netflix requires the os’s drm and browser for 1080p and higher. safari on apple, chrome on android, edge (plus perhaps newer cpu) on windows. third-party browsers (and linux as there is no native os drm) limited to 720p.
It’s not even really better on Windows. (Nearly) all streaming services restrict resolution to 720p if you watch on a PC, mobile phone or tablet. With the exception of Netflix if you watch with Microsoft Edge or Chrome, I believe.
Netflix plays 4k on my Mac, android and ipad. I don’t use prime enough but it does the same I believe.
yeah I don’t run into this issue on my mac at work or at home, but i do with every windows and linux machine i try them on. I can do whateevr the fuck i want on my plex server though…if i could only get my wife to adapt to the plex UI and the ombi requester…
You’re sure Netflix plays 4k on Android? I have Widevine L1 reported in my Android Netflix app (on my rooted Android phone thanks to Magisk and the various spoofing/root-hiding tools). But even at L1 the video is limited to 1080p. I think it may be an app platform limitation, but would love to be proven wrong.
that may be the culprit.
It’s the first guess, I get that, but if the root is detected, the Netflix app shows Widevine L3. So I don’t think that’s it.
My best guess is that it may be that for 2K-ish devices (as most even flagship phones are, including my Pixel 7 Pro), there is no 2K-quality stream option on Netflix’s back end, and Netflix may not stream 4K unless the full resolution can be used.
iirc, netflix requires the os’s drm and browser for 1080p and higher. safari on apple, chrome on android, edge (plus perhaps newer cpu) on windows. third-party browsers (and linux as there is no native os drm) limited to 720p.
Don‘t GPUs also include hardware for DRM stuff like that?
Yes, still then there are only very limited software configurations that are allowed.