u/JNTaylor63

I have an old PC (AMD Athlon 3050U(Up to 3.2GHz), 16GB RAM) that is end of life with Windows and I want to convert to Chrome OS Flex. I played with Flex first by booting from a USB drive. The PC had no issues. But when trying to find a web app to play a sample 4k MP4 movie, no luck. It was either a blank screen or it would play, but if a scrolled back or forth in the time line, I would get a blank screen.

Has anyone had success with playing local 4k videos? I understand that VLC can be added, but dont understand how.

Hello everyone, I will start by saying I love that this OS has been created to give life back into old PCs and as a flavor of ChromeOS.

I have my daughter's Windows Laptop that I am going to take on vacation or personal travel. It is an AMD Athlon 3050U(Up to 3.2GHz), 16GB RAM. After Cleaning the bloatware off of the PC, I still dont have the space for a dual boot, so I am running FydeOS off a usb thumb drive.

After some tweeks, I was able to get Google play working and installed VLC to play videos. (I want to be able to watch when traveling) I had a 4k SDR rip on the other hard drive that VLC with Windows could play without issue. On FydeOS, it would start but if I fast forward or go back, the screen is frozen and the sound keeps going. (I did disable hardware acceleration.)

My guess is that the OS trying to run off the thumb drive is the reason.

On another topic, when its time to replace the old Windows OS, can I use the FydeOS on my thumb drive or will it require a fresh install?

THX!