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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