How to rewatch 4K game downloads
In case you missed it, I posted a 4K torrent of the game - https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/2022-11-26-ncaaf-michigan-ohio-state-2160p-hevc-hdr-v10-torrent-link#comments-section
tldr; it's not easy to watch 4K HDR game recordings. Part of the reason it's not easy is that 99.99% of computers don't have HDR screens. Newer TVs have HDR, but you need largely need an Apple TV or Amazon Fire Stick 4K to stream the game over your own network from a laptop/desktop, to either VLC (Apple TV / Amazon App Store) or Infuse (Apple TV exclusive app).
Samsung TVs - Some people have said that they are able to transfer files to a USB stick, plug it in the back of the TV, and play it back. That's probably the easiest thing to do, but I can't confirm this because I don't own a Samsung TV.
LG/other TVs - I have an LG C1 OLED. Unfortunately the built in media player is dog shit and won't play back .MKV files. Here's what you need to do.
1) You have a laptop and desktop computer, are familiar with setting sharing a folder over the network. This folder is shared out via the SMB protocol, which VLC (open source app available on the iOS and Amazon App stores) can access and stream to the Apple TV 4K or Amazon Fire Stick 4K. I've tried both devices, it works.
2) VLC on the Amazon Fire Stick 4K (2020 and 2022 model) works well. I just bought a 2022 Apple TV 4K (128GB) and that thing flies, I prefer that. I use the Infuse app, which also gives you Dolby Vision streaming support for downloaded MKV files ;)
Anyways, if you have questions on how to play back the file, let me know in this thread or join the Discord server - https://discord.gg/UZdwcjEuqm
November 27th, 2022 at 3:25 PM ^
If the colors look washed out, it means your playback device screen doesn't support HDR. When you play it back on a 4K HDR screen, the colors look quite vibrant.
November 27th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Run a Plex desktop server on your pc, and run the client on your TV over the same network. Pretty easy.
November 27th, 2022 at 4:07 PM ^
Plex doesn't do HDR tone mapping to SDR.
November 27th, 2022 at 9:29 PM ^
A) Yes it does, if you have plex pass.
B) It's not needed if you arent transcoding the content.
November 27th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
Am I able to upload it to my private YouTube Premium account and do 4K HDR? I know I can in 4K but HDR?
November 27th, 2022 at 6:14 PM ^
Yes but it will literally take YouTube five days to encode.
November 27th, 2022 at 7:03 PM ^
I can wait haha. Thanks for the upload. Going to be a great 363 days rewatching that.
November 27th, 2022 at 7:44 PM ^
I downloaded to a USB stick, plugged into my Vizio TV, and it played. No app needed.
November 27th, 2022 at 9:48 PM ^
Fox is actually offering a complete full-length broadcast of The Game. You can watch it here: https://www.foxsports.com/replay/727c81b9e6aa16b8d1d341575276ccd5
December 1st, 2022 at 9:17 AM ^
What if you have a Roku Ultra (which has a USB port)?