4K Media Playback Compatibility

Due to hardware and software limitations, 4K media playback is not supported on a few clients.

Majorly, 4K media playback is NOT SUPPORTED in any web browser.

Hence, on Windows, macOS and Linux, the open-souce Jellyfin Media Player app is required for 4K media playback. For instructions on installation, refer to: Getting started - Desktop: Windows, macOS, Linux

Client compatibility:

Jellyfin Media Player (Windows, macOS & Linux) ✅ Fully supported
Android ✅ Fully supported
iOS
- ✅ Supported on iPhone 6 or newer, iPad Air 2 or newer and any iPad Pro.
- Note that - TrueHD Atmos, DTS X & DTS-HD MA audio only work with an Infuse Pro license. Use Dobly Digital (DD) audio tracks instead.
Smart TV
- LG Smart TV (webOS) ✅ Fully supported
- Fire TV Stick
  - 4K & 4K Max: ✅ Fully supported
  - Standard: ❌ Not supported
- Apple TV - Infuse • Video Player
  - ✅ Supported only on Apple TV 4K
  - Note that - TrueHD Atmos, DTS X & DTS-HD MA audio only work with an Infuse Pro license. Use Dobly Digital (DD) audio tracks instead.
- Android TV
  - ❔Varies widely with device
  - Check if your device supports:
    - Video codecs: Dolby Vision and/or hadware accelerated H.265 (HEVC) up to 3840x2160p (4K) @ 30 FPS, 30 Mbps in 10-bit color space with HDR10, HDR10+, and
    - Audio codec: AC3 (Dolby Digital) / EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) / Atmos (DDP+JOC) / AC4 (Atmos), and/or Dolby MAT transcoding, Dolby TrueHD (Atmos) passthrough, DTS passthrough or DTS-HD passthrough

Most of the 4K media on Saneema is encoded in 10-bit HEVC as Dolby Vision, HDR10 or HDR10+ video with TrueHD Atmos or DTS and Dolby Digitial audio.

For more information on codec support, visit: Codec support