If you have a Samsung TV, it will be definitely great to sit with family members and watch your precious home movies like some Halloween party recordings on big screen. However, it is really a embarrassed thing when you tried to play common video formats like MP4 on Samsung TV, only to find your Samsung TV can't read the MP4 file. Don't be panic! Let's find 4 effective ways to play MP4 on Samsung TV in this article before being ridiculed by others.
Part I: Troubleshooting for Playing MP4 on Samsung TV
Part II: Easy Solution to Convert MP4 Videos to Samsung TV Compatible Format
Part III: 4 Effective ways to Play MP4 on Samsung TV
Part IV: Root causes why you cannot play MP4 on Samsung TV
Part V: Other Possible Solution to Convert MP4 to Samsung TV
Before finding the root causes why you cannot play MP4 on Samsung TV, a straightforward fix for "Samsung TV won't play MP4" issue is provided here. To fix Samsung TV MP4 playback issue, if you are not familiar with the format and codec even don't know the specific way of transcoding, a simple solution is to use the third party Samsung TV video converter.
Here Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is one of the most trusted and fastest video converters on the Internet today. It not only enables you change all MP4 2D or 3D files with different codecs including H.265 and different resolution like SD, HD, 4K to be compatible with Samsung TV effortlessly with incredible conversion speed, but also allows you to share MP4 videos from computer to Samsung TV wirelessly.
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Download, insatll and launch this top fastest MP4 Converter for Samsung TV. The interface of the software is as below. Generally, the conversion process can be completed in 3 simple steps.
Step 1. Add MP4 Files
You need to add MP4 files to the MP4 to Samsung TV converter before all. You can do this by dragging the video files to the program. Alternatively, you can go to "Add file" to import MP4 files you want to play on Samsung TV. Note you can only add MP4 file one by one.
Step 2. Set Output Format
After importing MP4 files into the app, you need to select an output format that is compatible with Samsung TV. Open the "Select Format" list on the right and click "Device > TVS". Choose Samsung TV set as an output device.
Note: If you have other TV sets, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate provides more options. You can find more results by pressing the "TVS" button. Playing MP4 file on Apple TV is also supported.
Step 3. Convert MP4 to Samsung TV
You can then start MP4 video to Samsung TV conversion. When the conversion is done, you can share the output videos to Samsung TV (Samsung Smart TV, OLED TV, UHD TV, LED TV etc), mobile devices, projector, etc. and enjoy yourself.
Tips:
a. If you're skilled at advanced settings about video and audio parameters, you're able to customized settings, such as select bitrates, encoders, resolution, frame rate, audio channel, etc.
b. To deal with the screen size defect of video enjoyment, it's good for you to change aspect ratio of video to make the display effect better fitted on your big screen Samsung TV. Open the buit-in editor by pressing "Edit", turn to "Crop" tab and choose the correct aspect ratio (including Keep Aspect, Fullscreen, 16:9, 4:3) as you want. Click "Apply to all" to keep this aspect ratio if you need. Now press "OK" to confirm.
Q1: How to remove black bars for better display effect?
Science has shown that video ratio of 16:9 is more accordant with the golden ratio of pupil. As we know, 16:9 is common for widescreen TVs. 4:3 is for old TVs. If there is defect of aspect ratio or conflict of screen size, you can see some black bars on both sides or at top and bottom.
To remove black bars with better aspect ratio settings, you can click Edit, choose Adjust and press "Crop". You can remove black bars by dragging and dropping the crop frame. Simply move your mouse cursor to drag and adjust the frame to desired position.
Q2: How to Solve the Problem of Image being Stretched Overly
After changing aspect ratio, you have to adjust the size (resolution) of the video to fit your screen by cliking on "Settings". A perfect resolution value cannot be put forward, because the movies vary with different resolution. The best value fits for screen depends on your original video resolution. Please select the best resolution with few clicks. Here to play MP4 on Samsung TV, you can keep resolution as "1920 * 1080".
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Convert Video/Audio |
Dimo Video Converter Ultimate supports all sorts of formats that are usually used. Due to its straightforward workplace and intuitive interface, you can re-encode and compress invalid MP4 to recognized Samsung TV video format with just a few clicks. It is built in with the ready-made profiles for TVS including Samsung TV. You can directly choose it for conversion or search online for the video parameters supported by Samsung TV, and then find an identical or approximate one among the profile items. |
Faster Conversion Speed |
You can convert your videos quickly into an MKV with 30X faster conversion speed, so that you can save much of your time. By doing a comparison test with one of the top-rated and best free video converter – Handbrake by using the identical video file and same conversion settings for both converter. I find Dimo Video Converter Ultimate took 14 seconds to convert a 3 minutes long MP4 video to MP4, whereas Handbrake took 30 seconds to convert the same video (note that I was using a mid-end laptop with low CPU clock speed, you will probably get much better results). |
Customize videos |
Use the built-in video editor to trim/crop video, split/merge video clips, flip video, create 3D as well as add special effects to enhance your captured video from your camera, camcorders or DV. |
Make ISO |
You can convert any downloaded media folder or backup Blu-ray to ISO for burning so that you can play it on your DVD player or big-screen TV. |
After making your MP4 readable by Samsung TV, a surefire way to help you stream MP4 files to Samsung TV is to use Dimo Video Converter Ultimate - the top free media server for Samsung TV. With its media server plugin, you can cast MP4 on TV for sharing with only one click, as long as the TV and computer are in the same network. Or if you have other streaming devices like iPhone, iPad, Android phone, you can also mirror any format such as FLV, MKV, VOB, RMVB, MTS to your devices with no need for converting. So easy!
a. Install Dimo Video Converter Ultimate and run the program;
b. Keep your Windows PC and Samsung TV in the same network;
c. Turn to "Media Server" and click "Browse..." to locate the source video folder;
d. Press "Share" and write http://IP:PORT like "http://192.168.1.109:8868/" (without quotation marks) into the address bar of the browser on Samsung TV.
e. Double click the video link on the browser and play source MP4 file on Samsung TV wirelessly.
Note: Don't close the Dimo server until you don't wang to watch the movies on computer.
In fact, you can also purchase a Wireless PC to TV conversion box online and refer to the connection steps here. But this necessary hardware, especially the more advanced wireless gear, may be expensive.
Attach or hook up PC to TV with audio-visual cable connection; the HDMI, DVI, VGA and S-Video by following this guide. But when using AV cables, you may need to relocate the laptop or PC very close to the television to reach.
Many boxes you plug into Samsung TV, including the Roku, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation 3 offer DLNA ("Digital Living Network Alliance) streaming support. They can stream video files and music over the network from your PC — as long as you set up a DLNA server first. For the detailed information, please click here.
Find a USB port at the back of Samsung TV, and place the USB plug into the port available either on the front, side or back of your computer. Then you can play MP4 on Samsung TV using the television remote. See detailed information here.
From Samsung official website, we know that MP4 is really one of Samsung TV compatible video formats. If so, why we still encounter the issue "Samsung TV won't play MP4"? Here are some possible reasons about Samsung TV MP4 playback problems below.
If your MP4 file is a copywritten video, it won't play without a proper license.
If your MP4 video files stored in a USB device that does not support high speed data transmission may not play smoothly on Samsung TV.
Your MP4 video may not work if its bitrate or frame rate is higher than the standard value of Samsung TV.
The most common reason is the incompatible codec issue. Samsung TV can only recognize MP4 file with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video codec and AAC audio codec. If your MP4 file is not compressed in this way, it can't be opened or played smoothly with your Samsung TV. In this case, you have to transcode MP4 to the compatible codec certificated by Samsung TV as above.
To easily do MP4 to Samsung TV conversion with Online Free Video Converter.
Warm prompt: The key to a fast conversion process mainly relies on an internet connection. And the movie size is another effect factor. If the size is too big, the conversion will be time consuming.
Now, the following issues will never trouble you after the conversion:
I got quite a lot of MP4 movies from my friend but my Samsung TV refused to play some MP4 files and returned an unhelpful codec error message. It's strange for this problem only happens with some of the MP4 files. My computer, iPhone and iPad all play MP4s fine. This problem only occurs on Samsung TV. Is there any fix or way around this issue? I want to play MP4 on Samsung TV with no limit.
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Nov 02, 2016 06:34 pm / Posted by Helen Kling
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