Yodeck runs on the Raspberry Pi 5, but a few features perform differently than on the Raspberry Pi 4, which is still our recommended Yodeck Player. Check these limitations before you choose a Pi 5 for your screens.
At a glance
Feature | Status | What it means |
Multi-zone layouts with dynamic content | ⚠️ Limited performance | Layouts with several dynamic zones play slowly and can lag. Layouts with one dynamic zone work fine. |
Color depth setting | 🕒 Temporarily unavailable | Color depth is fixed at 16-bit and can't be changed yet. |
Screenshots in 4K | 🕒 Temporary issue | When the portal takes a screenshot of a 4K screen, video and tickers pause briefly. |
Multi-zone layouts
The Raspberry Pi 5 struggles when a layout includes more than one dynamic zone playing simultaneously. Dynamic content includes:
Videos and tickers
Web pages with moving content, such as videos or GIFs
Heavy apps such as Power BI, Google Slides and apps that play video
Static content, such as images, text and clocks, doesn't cause the problem.
💡 Planning multi-zone layouts? Keep to one dynamic zone per layout on a Pi 5, or use a Raspberry Pi 4 for those screens.
Temporary limitations
We're working on these and will update this page when they're resolved:
Color depth: fixed at 16-bit. The color depth option in screen settings has no effect on a Pi 5.
4K screenshots: taking a screenshot of a 4K screen from the portal briefly pauses video and ticker playback.
Why isn't the Pi 5 the default Yodeck Player?
For digital signage, the Raspberry Pi 4 still offers the best balance of performance, reliability and cost across all Yodeck features. Read the full reasoning in our blog post, Yodeck and the Raspberry Pi 5.
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