Find out Galaxy Series Supported Video/Audio Formats

Starting from June 2010, Samsung released a series of mobile phones and tablets named starting from Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge/S7/S6/S5/S3/S2, Galaxy Tab 3/2/1, Galaxy Note 4/5/7, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Tab S2, Galaxy A5 and the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+. What are the formats supported by Samsung Galaxy Phones and Tablets? How to smoothly play videos movies in various formats on Galaxy device? Today we are going to tell you the detailed Galaxy supported formats together with a simple guide on how to convert various videos to acceptable formats for Galaxy S/Note/Tab series without quality sacrifices.

Part I: Galaxy Supported Video Format/Audio Format
Part II: How to Play Other Video Format in Galaxy Phone/Tablet?
Part III: How to Play Blu-ray/DVD Video on Galaxy Phone/Tablet?
Part IV: Transfer converted Videos to Galaxy devices wirelessly

Part I: Galaxy Supported Video Format/Audio Format

Galaxy devices support several video formats. So what video format does Galaxy S/Note/Tab series play? To be frank, you can find the list of supported video formats by Galaxy phones/tablets on Samsung official page. But if you are confused by the video and audio specifications for each, you can just following the video and audio formats below.

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1. Galaxy S series Supported Video/Audio Format

  Galaxy S8/S8+ Galxy S7/Galaxy S7 Edge+ Galxy S6/Galaxy S6 Edge+
Video Playing Format MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM
Audio Playing Format MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, DSF, DFF MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA
MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA

2. Galaxy Note series Supported Video/Audio Format

  Galaxy Note 5 Galaxy Note 4 Galaxy Note 3 Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition Galaxy Note 8.0
Video Playing Format MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM 3GP, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, RM, RMVB 3GP, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, RM, RMVB MPEG4, WMV, DivX, H.264, H.263, RMVB, ASF, 3GP
Audio Playing Format MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA AAC, AAC+, AMR-WB, AMR -NB, MP3, eAAC+, OGG, M4A, 3GA, FLAC, WAV, WMA, IMY, XMF, SP-MIDI, MIDI AAC, AAC+, AMR, MP3, OGG, M4A, 3GA, FLAC, WAV, WMA, IMY, XMF, MIDI AWB, RTX, OTA, 3GA, WMA, MXMF, WAV, MP3, OGG, RA, M4A, FLAC, AMR, OGA, RTTTL, MID, AAC, IMY, XMF

3. Galaxy Tab S series Supported Video/Audio Format

  Galaxy Tab S2 Galaxy Tab S Galaxy Tab 4 Galaxy Tab 3 Galaxy TabPRO
Video Playing Format MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM
MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM


FLV,M4V,MKV,MP4,WEBM,
WMV,3G2,3GP,ASF,AVI

MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM FHD
MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM
Audio Playing Format MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA

3GA,AWB,FLAC,MID,MXMF,
OGA,OTA,RTX,RTTTL,
XMF,AAC,AMR,IMY,M4A,
MIDI,MP3,OGG,WAV,WMA

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA 3GA, AWB, FLAC, MID, MXMF, OGA, OTA, RTX, XMF, AAC, AMR, IMY, M4A, MIDI, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, RTTTL

Part II: How to Play Other Video Format in Galaxy Phone/Tablet?

As we all know that, not every video files can be played on Galaxy phone/tablet, such as the widely used AVI, WMV files playback on Windows media player, FLV video downloaded from video sharing sites, like YouTube, 3GP videos for mobile phone, etc.. And in some cases even the MP4, AVI format videos which it claims to support can not be played on Galaxy S/Note/Tab due to different codecs. So how to play all SD/HD/4K movies on Galaxy device? How to convert unsupported video to Galaxy S/Note/Tab series for playback?

Well, you just need a Galaxy video converter to convert the incompatible videos into Galaxy supported video formats first. To that end, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is recommended as your first aid. As an expert in video converting, this Galaxy video converter can convert HD and SD videos like MKV, MTS, AVCHD, MXF, MOV, FLV, 3GP, AVI, MPEG, WMV, Tivo, VOB, MP4, etc not only to Galaxy S/Note/Tab video and audio formats like MP4, AVI, MKV, 3GP, WMV, FLV, AAC, MP3, WAV etc, but also directly to any Galaxy device, including Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy Note 5/4/3, Galaxy Tab S2/S, etc if you don't want to bother with formats staff. Even creating 3D movies for watching on Gear VR through Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy S7/S7 Edge, Galaxy Note 5/4 is allowed.

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Tutorial on How to convert & play incompatible videos on Galaxy series

Step 1. Add files

At first, please go to the "Add File" menu then choose "Add multi-files" or "Add Folder" to import your videos to this program. Or click "Add File" to load a single file. In addition, you can directly drag and drop your videos to this Galaxy Video Converter to save your time.

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Step 2. Select output format

For Samsung products like Galaxy S7/S7 Edge, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Tab S2 and more, there are some optimized presets provided, which means you can directly choose the "Device > Samsung" preset here in your conversion without adjusting the video settings by yourself. And in the Output area, choose the "..." to save the converted videos.

Tip: You can also check settings before starting converting. Make sure you select the very output format, output folder, bitrate, encoder, etc. as you wish.

galaxy video settings

Step 3. Ready to convert

After setting the output format, you can click the "Start" button to convert your videos to Galaxy supported format now. If necessary, you can edit your videos before converting them.

Warm Prompt: This fabulous video converter can also aid you to download and convert YouTube video, so that you can also play converted YouTube video in your Galaxy devices or other portable devices at your will.

Part III: How to Play Blu-ray/DVD Video on Galaxy Phone/Tablet?

As Galaxy devices are all ideal mobile devices to enjoy movies and Blu-ray/DVD videos, it would be a great pleasure to play Blu-ray/DVD on it. Since Blu-ray/DVD is never an option for all the mobile devices, Galaxy phone/tablet is no exception. Worse still, the devoid of disc player on Galaxy makes it hard to enjoy Blu-ray/DVD movies directly.

In this case, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate, a professional Blu-ray/DVD ripper, is exactly what you need. Built in nearly 200 profiles, it can help you to rip Blu-ray/DVD to Galaxy S/Note/Tab series supported formats easily, including those protected by Disney DRM X-project or the common AACS, BD+, MKB, CSS, Region Code, UOPs, Sony ARccOS, region code and other copy-protection technologies.

Part IV: Transfer converted Videos to Galaxy devices wirelessly

Step 1 Get Galaxy devices connected to the same network with computer

Step 2. After you have installed Dimo Video Converter Ultimate, click "Media Server" on the main interface to activate video folder streaming service. Then press "Browse..." to locate source media folder.

locate folder

Step 3. Press "Share" to get a QR code. Then scan the code with free scanning apps like UC browser and you will open a URL on the web browser automatically.

free media server

Or directly hand-write http://IP:PORT like "http://192.168.1.109:8868/" (without quotation marks) into the address bar of your browser. After several seconds, you can enjoy your converted file on the Galaxy mobile phone/tablet. If you want to copy the video files to your server, pleaser long-press the file you want and it will pop up the "Save" menu to finish video transferring.

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  • Converts 150+ audio and video formats – formats such as MP4, MOV, VOB, MP3, and a lot more.
  • Very fast conversion speeds – this tool converts video and audio at up to 30X speeds.
  • Download Internet Videos - instantly download and convert videos straight from the internet.
  • Edit your work – you can use the inbuilt editor to edit your videos before converting them.
  • Lossless conversion – you do not lose any quality in the videos being converted.
  • Make ISO and more – you can create ISO from your projects; also send them to the Internet
  • Stream all video/audio formats - share local movies to Samsung, Android, iPad, iPhone, etc. wirelessly.

Tip: This abovementioned Galaxy video converter is just available for Windows platform. For Mac users, you can head over to the mac version to convert video to the format supported by Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Tab S2, etc..

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