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Samsung Blu-ray Player won't play MKV files? Solution

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Although MKV is the most common type of file that pirated movies/shows are put in, most TV/Blu-ray companies like Samsung Blu-ray Player(Samsung UBD-K8500, Samsung BD-J5100, Samsung BD-J7500, etc) just don't support it for different reasons. The weird thing is that even some MKV files are supported by your Samsung Blu-ray player, it plays audio only no image. Here we'd like to share you a quick solution to help you add and play MKV on Samsung Blu-ray Player with ease.

First, you must read your manual carefully to see what formats video and audio are supported. Chances are that the audio is in some of these MKVs not supported, a conversion could well fix that. Here Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended to get the work done.

The software is able to convert MKV as well as virtually all video formats like AVI, VOB, FLV, WMV, MTS, MOV, etc to Samsung Blu-ray player friendly file formats like .divx, .mp4 without quality loss. Plus, it offers kinds of preset profiles for media players including Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc to meet your different needs. If you are Mac users, please turn to iMedia Converter for Mac. Download the software and we will share a quick solution with you.

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How to Convert MKV for Playing on Samsung Blu-ray Player

Step 1. Add MKV files

Start the MKV converter and drag .mkv files to the software interface to import the file. Or you can click Add button to load the source video. It supports batch conversion.

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Step 2. Choose output format

Click Format bar and select Samsung Blu-ray player preferred format. AVI, MP4 and DivX are the common supported formats by Samsung Blu-ray player. By clicking Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset.

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Step 3. Start conversion

Hit convert button to begin encoding MKV to Samsung Blu-ray player supported video. This MKV to Samsung Blu-ray Player converter is highly efficient and it will finish the video conversion in minutes. After the conversion, click Open button to locate the resulted videos.

The output videos can be played on Samsung Blu-ray player from USB storage media plugged into the front port. Alternatively, you can also stream the converted MKV files to Samsung Blu-ray player from your PC or NAS drives(connected to the same network) easily.

About MKV - Somthing You Gotta Known

MKV files are developed by the Matroska Group to work as a multimedia container. It functions very much like AVI, ASF, and MP4. The MKV extension signifies a full, playable video file while MK3D is for stereoscopic or 3D videos. There are also the MKS and MKA files which correspond to subtitle files and audio files respectively. Although not a standard file format, MKV is supported by different media players such as the VLC, PS3 Media Server, and Google Chrome. Android devices can read MKV files as well.

For issues concerning MKV files not playing properly on the computer even after all the necessary codecs have been installed, converting the file in an entirely different format may be required. Macintosh computers, for one, doesn't support MKV files playback. In order for these files to properly play on Apple devices, the installation of a more compatible player is recommended. In this case, the VLC Player is ideal. Converting the file into an entirely different format is also a good solution.

Samsung Blu-ray Player Supported Video formats

Video File Support

File Extention

Container

Video Codec

Resolution

Frame Rate (fps)

Bit Rate (Mbps)

Audio Codec

*.avi

 

DivX 3.11 / 4 / 5 / 6

1920*1080 (WMV v7,v8, MSMPEG4 v3 : 1280*720)

6~30

30

Dolby Digital LPCM ADPCM (IMA, MS)
AAC WMA Dolby Digital
Plus
MPEG(MP3) DTS (Core)

*.mkv

 

*.asf

 

MPEG4 SP/ASP

*.wmv

 

*.mp4

AVI

H.264 BP/MP/ HP

*.3gp

MKV

*.vro

ASF

Motion JPEG

*.mpg

MP4

*.mpeg

3GP

Microsoft?
MPEG-4 v3

*.ts

MOV

*.tp

FLV

Window Media?
Video v7,v8,v9

*.trp

VRO

*.mov

VOB

MPEG2

*.flv

PS

*.vob

TS

MPEG1

*.svi

SVAF

*.m2ts

 

VP6

640*480

 

4

*.mts

 

*.divx

 

MVC

 

24/25/30

60

*.webm

WebM

?VP8

1920*1080

6~30

20

Vorbis


 

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