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
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.
Convert Any HD/SD Videos to Galaxy device Supported FormatsConvert videos and movies in any formats (mts/mkv/flv/avi more)/4K/HD to acceptable formats for Galaxy S8/S8+/S7 Edge/S7, Galaxy Note 7/5/4 as well as Galaxy Tab S2 etc with world's fastest speed and no quality loss!- Dimo Video Converter Ultimate.
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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, |
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 |
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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