Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8.0 MKV Playback- Some Problems Viewing 1080p/720p MKV videos on Galaxy S4/Note 8.0

If you have tons of 1080p/720p HD MKV animes, will you choose to watch the nice MKV videos on your Galaxy S4 or Galaxy Note 8.0? How to relize it ,this article has all you want.

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Description: When Samsung Galaxy S IV(S4) smartphone and Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet 2013 fail to play MKV videos, you may try transcode the videos to Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8.0 supported codecs.

[Q]:Can galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8.0 play MKV videos, files, movies, format?

From Samsung official website we know that MKV format is not supported by Galaxy S4/Galaxy Note 8.0, so you can’t play/watch MKV on the two devices directly. How can I watch/play MKV on Galaxy S IV/Galaxy Note 8.0? The best way is to convert MKV to Galaxy Devices supported file formats, such as H.264 MP4, this format is well supported by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8, and then you can view MKV movies on Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8.0 in best supported formats. Below is a guide for you and you will know how to watch MKV movies on Galaxy S4/Note 8.0.Note 8.0 tablet.



[How-to] Compress/Convert MKV to Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8.0 supported video

Step 1. Download MKV to Galaxy S4/Note 8.0 converter (or video converter for Mac), install and run it.

This MKV Converter for Galaxy Note 8.0/S4 is easy to use and produces excellent results for the Samsung tablet. Conversion speed seems fine and the converted videos look decent on Galaxy Note 8.0 as original. It is also combined with simple video editing features like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, etc.

Step 2. Drag and drop the MKV video files you want to convert to the program, all files added will be displayed on the interface; you can also go to the "Add Files" button to browse and import your local .MKV files to the program.You can also add videos formatted in MOV, FLV, AVI, MTS, TiVo, MXF, VOB, MPG, MPEG and more for converting.

Step 3. Click the format icon, you will see the format list, go to the "Samsung " column to select your desired format.

For Galaxy S4, you can select output format “Samsung > Samsung Galaxy S III Video (*.mp4)” which is a format specially designed for Galaxy S3 but also works for the S4.

For Galaxy Note 8.0, Click “Format” bar, you can easily find optimized profiles for Galaxy Note 8 under “Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Note (*.mp4)”. This preset is specially designed for Samsung Galaxy Note.


Step 4. Start the conversion process.

Tip – Set Quality: Back to step 3, you can click “settings” button to adjust the output parameters of the video. Remember the file size is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. According to my experience, for watching videos on the Samsung tablet, 720p with 1500~2500kbps is just all right.



Once the process completes, download and transfer the result MP4 videos to your Samsung Note 8.0. In this way, you can play 1080p/720p MKV on Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 8.0 at ease.

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Summary: Avid Media Composer can’t import and edit Sony NEX-VG900 AVCHD footage smoothly? Just follow this article to convert Sony VG900 MTS to native codec DNxHD MOV, which ensures best results when working with Avid.

Source: Edit Sony NEX-VG900 1080p/1080i AVCHD on Mac Avid MC



As one the latest camcorders from Sony, the NEX-VG900 camcorder captures Full HD 1080/60i/60p/24p. It’s all about quality. Laser-sharp precision and detail is apparent in everything you shoot–even in dimly-lit environments. This massive leap forward delivers astounding high quality video in Full HD in 24p, 60p and 60i frame-rates plus uncompressed video via the HDMI out. In other words, however you want it, this VG camcorder delivers with impeccable clarity and buttery-smooth motion.

Some users have made complaints there are always some troubles around them while importing Sony VG900 AVCHD to Avid Media Composer 6.5. That’s because AVCHD is a proprietary form of H.264, is not the compatible video format of Avid Media Composer, which makes it difficult to load AVCHD clips to Avid Media Composer 6.5 for editing. Although, Avid MC has added some plug-ins as the bridge between AVCHD footage and Avid, the Avid still cannot handle AVCHD files well. In order to get Sony NEX-VG900 MTS clips into Avid for smoothly editing, youcan use 3rd-party software to rewrap and convert AVCHD to DNxHD mov, which is native codec ensuring the best results when working with Avid Medi Composer. For this purose, this article will show you how to transcode Sony NEX-VG900 AVCHD Footage to DNxHD MOV in detail.

Converting Sony NEX-VG900 AVCHD to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer

The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet professional app called Brorosft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac which can be used as a Sony AVCHD MTS Converter under OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8). It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS to DNxHD MOV, ProRes, Apple Intermediate Codec, which maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and iMovie, and it works well and converts flawlessly. Below is how.

Step 1: Import Sony AVCHD videos to the program

Assuming you’ve downloaded the excellent Sony AVCHD to Avid Converter to your Mac, install and run it. Click “Add” button on the main interface to load your MTS/M2TS camera recordings.



Tips:
1. If necessary, you can click the button “Merge into one” to combine several videos to one file to save your conversion time.
2. If the supposed size of the imputed file is 1GB, then the memory space should be up to 40GB.

Step 2: Select output format

Click the format bar or the pull down menu of “Format” to select output format. Just choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as an output format.

Tip: You may as well click Settings to set video size to 1920*1080, frame rate to 30fps for easy editing.

Step 3: Start the Sony AVCHD to DNxHD Conversion on Mac

Click “Convert” button to start converting Sony NEX-VG900 MTS video to DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer.

Once the conversion completes, simply click “Open” button to get the converted DNxHD MOV files. And now you can bring the output MOV files into Avid Media Composer to create your own masterpieces.

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Canon C300 Avid Workflow-A quick fix for working Cano C300 MXF files with Avid MC without plug-in

Summary: Here is the quick tutorial for you that will show you the simplicity of importing Canon C300 MXF into Avid Media Composer 6.5/6/5.5 flawlessly. Follow it now.



With every new camera, come many new questions about workflow. The Canon EOS C300 is a hot camera that supports the highest HD quality with Full HD 1920×1080 resolution with Canon XF codec, up to 50Mbps bit rate and 4:2:2 color sampling. Utilizing file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF File Wrapper ensures the widest compatibility with existing industry infrastructure, metadata and non-linear editing (NLE) systems. However, when you tried to import C300 MXF files to Avid Media Composer, you just find that this may be hard work. Although Canon provides you with a XF plug-in for your problems, it doesn't work all the time. Got frustrated? I will quickly walk you through this brief how-to on the simple process, which guaranteed a smooth editing with Canon C300 mxf files in Avid Media Composer.

Downloading the App- Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac

It’s a really simple and quick solution: using the third-party program to convert C300 MXF to Avid MC native editing format - DNxHD. Overall, the Brorsoft MXF Converter Mac program is a professional yet easy-to-use MXF to MOV Converter on Mac OS X which can not only convert Canon C300, XF100, XF105 and XF305 recorded MXF files to DNxHD codec MOV format videos on Mac OS X(Mountain Lion included), but also provides other NLE ideal formats like Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro, Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) for iMovie/Final Cut Express, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro and more for Mac editing. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

Guide: Transcoding Canon C300 MXF files to DNxHD .mov for Avid on Mac

Step 1: Get the MXF Converter for Mac, launch it to add your Canon C300 MXF files.



Tip: If you record in two audio tracks, please insert your CF cards into your Mac and copy files from CF cards, thus the MXF to Avid DNxHD Converter will convert all the audio tracks.

Step 2: Click on “ Format” and you will get a dropdown menu , then move you pointer to Avid Studio > Avid DNxHD(*.mov).



Step 3: Click the button for "Convert" and you will strat converting/deinterlacing Canon C300 MXF to Avid DNxHD immediately under Mac OS X.

Some more helpful features of the Mac MXF to Avid MC Converter:
1. File Merging- If you want to merge MXF files, just need to check the “Merge into one” box.

2. Profile Settings- You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface in Profile Settings by clicking Settings on the main interface according to your needs to optimize the output file quality. Usually 29.97 or 30 fps video frame rate is recommended.



3. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- Click Edit button to set deinterlace, volume up, trim, crop, add watermark, etc.

Once the MXF to Avid conversion is done, you can transfer Canon C300 MXF footage into Avid Media Composer (Version 6.5/6/5.5/5…) for editing smoothly on Mac with ease.

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