Video playback lag with Pi 4B

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DVision

• December 22, 2025 11:04

Hello,
I am running a local piSignage Server with three players connected.
As players I am using the Raspberry Pi 4B.
I am having problems with laggy video playback. This is the case with 4K and 1080p footage. I have tried the default player as well as the VLC player.
I am playing the videos with letterboxed mode as to avoid stretching.
As the problem persists with all the players, I was wondering whether the problem could be due to the input format.
What formats should I supply the media in?
Does anyone have any other ideas what I could test?
The players are running the most recent firmware.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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  Santhosh

  • January 13, 2026 12:56

  Hello,

  The recommended video format for Raspberry pi is H264 format, Profile High, Level 4 , Bitrate around 4-8Mbps and Frame rate less than 30fps. Resolution  less than 1920X1080. 

   

  Regards

  piSignage Support

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