Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Best Video Audio File Formats Supported by 4K TV (Samsung, LG, Sony, and more)

It will be a big challenge to understand the differences between video and audio file formats supported by 4K TV, cause there are tons of video/audio file formats in this world. To help you understand your TV formats, this post has listed the most particular Samsung, LG, Sony TV video/audio formats. You can use MediaInfo or similar tool to identify the container and codec format of the video you want to play on 4K TVs. Now you can check out the list below, by the way, we still prepare a method to help you solve video audio compatibility issues if you fail to play a video on your 4k TV, resort to a video converter for 4K TVs.


Sony 4K TV supported file formats

  • Video file extension: .mpg, .mpeg, .vob, .vro, .m2ts, .mts, .ts, .mp4, .avi, .divx, .asf, .wmv, .3gp, .3g2, .mov, .mkv, .rm, .rmvb, .flv, .ogv, .flv.
  • Video file formats: MP4, MKV, FLV, MOV, WMV, AVI, VOB, ASF, VRO, TS, 3GP.
  • Video codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVC, DivX, Xvid, H.264, H.265, VP8.
  • Audio file formats: WAV, MP3, AAC, WMA.

Samsung 4K TV supported file types

  • Video file extensions: .avi, .mkv, .asf, .wmv, .mp4, .mov, .3gp, .vro, .mpg, .mpeg, .ts, .tp, .trp, .mov, .flv, .vob, .svi, .m2ts, .mts, .divx, .webm, .rmvb.
  • Video container format: AVI, MKV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, MOV, FLV, VRO, VOB, PS, TS, SVAF.
  • Video codecs: H.264 BP/MP/HP, HEVC/H.265, VP9, MPEG 2, MPEG 1, Motion JPEG, DivX, H.263, VP6.
  • Audio file formats: Dolby Digital, LPCM, AAC, HE-AAC, WMA, Dolby Digital Plus, MP3, DTS.

Panasonic 4K TV supported file formats:

  • Video codecs: H.264, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, HEVC/H.265, VP8, VP9, DivX.
  • Video container formats: MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, TS, AVCHD, MOV, AVI.
  • Audio format: MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, AC3, DTS, E-AC3, MPEG Audio.

LG 4K TV supported file formats:

  • Video file extension: .asf, .wmv, .divx, .avi, .mp4, .m4v, .mov, .3gp, .3g2, .rm, .mkv, .ts, .trp, .tp, .mts, .mpg, .mpeg, .dat, .vob, .rmvb.
  • Video container format: MP4, MKV, FLV, MOV, WMV, AVI, ASF, VRO, TS, 3GP.
  • Video codecs: DivX, H.264/AVC, Motion JPEG, MPEG-4, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VP8, VP9, HEVC.
  • Audio format: WMA, AAC, MP3, DTS, Dolby Digital.

TCL (Roku) Supported Video Audio File Formats

  • Video formats: H.264/AVC (MKV, MP4, MOV), H.262(MKV), H.265/HEVC (MKV, MP4, MOV), VP9 (MKV), H.264 (Roku Premier, Premier +, and Ultra).
  • Audio formats: AAC, MP3, WMA, PCM, AC3/EAC3, DTS, ALAC, M4A.

Vizio 4K TVs Compatible Video Audio File Formats

  • Video formats: MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, TS, AVCHD, MOV, AVI, ASF, WMV.
  • Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, Dolby Digital, WMA, ALAC.

Most Common Video Audio File Formats for 4K TV

From above list, we have collected the most common video audio formats supported by 4K TVs to help you save more time, including Samsung, LG, Sony, TCL, Vizio, Sharp, Toshiba, Philips, Panasonic and others.

  • Video container format: MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, VOB, ASF, WMV, M2TS
  • File extension: .mkv, .mp4, .wmv, .avi, .divx, .flv, .vob, .asf, .ts, .mov, .m2ts, .mts
  • Video codecs: H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, VP8, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, AVC
  • Audio format: MP3, AAC, WMA, MAV

Bit rate: 60Mbps.
Frame rate: 30fps or 60fps.
Aspect ratio: Most 4K UHD TVs are made in a rectangular shape, which is 16:9 or 1.78 to 1 aspect ratio. If your video image looks squished, how to do?

There are tons of video formats in this world, the source shot by DJI cameras, footage from iPhone 8/X, downloaded from video sharing sites, like Youtube, render file from non-linear editing software, so it is common when you import the source into your 4k TV but fail to play them, so how to do?

Best Video Converter for 4K TV You May Need

To solve those problems, here comes a professional video converter for 4K TV - Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate | for Mac, which supports input different video and audio formats and output various video, audio and devices. If you are familiar with video format, container and codec, you can directly choose video format, then adjust the video and audio bitrate, frame rate, resolution, channel and more parameters to make the outputed video more fit in your 4k TV. With this feature, you even can compress 4K to 1080p video or upscale lower resolution video to higher resolution video. If you don't know the video knowledge, you can directly choose iPhone, iPad, Samsung, Android, PS4, TVs and more devices optimized presets. What' more, you also can convert Blu-ray and DVD to digital files in virtually any format.

Here is a screenshot, you can click "Add video", you also can directly drag or drop video to this program. By the way, batch conversion is also supported.

pavtube video converter

Then click format bar, here are hundreds of video formats for you to select. Navigate to "TVS" and form its extended list, choose "Samsung TV (*.mp4)" or others you want.

tvs

Apart from a Video Converter, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is also a video editor with rich video editing functions. It can fulfill all the needs of making a professional video for public consumption or simple creativity trying. With it, you can merge separate video clips into one, insert external subtitles to video, add transparent text watermark/image watermark to video, split large video files into small parts, adjust video color brightness, contrast, saturation, remove audio from a video or replace audio in video, trim video footage, crop unwanted area from video, etc.

VIDEO EDITOR

Most 4K UHD TVs are made in a rectangular shape, which is 16:9 or 1.78 to 1 aspect ratio. If your video image looks squished, you can use the program to change aspect ratio before you play the video on 4K TV. 

CROP VIDEO

When you finish all settings, you can go to the main interface, and click "Convert" to start to video to 4K TV covnersion. Wait for a while, click "Open", it will pop up a folder with the generated files. Now yo can play any video on your 4K TV without any obstacles. Good luck. If you want to know more functions about this video, welcome to read this guide.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Best Workflow to Enjoy and Play DVD Movies on Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

One of the greatest pleasures in our lives is watching movies, lying on the sofa, popcorn in one hand, a tablet in the other hand. How nice! If I had to pick one tablet to watch video on for the rest of my life, I would pick the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. It's a stylish, all-glass tablet with an impressively crisp and vibrant screen and four speakers, making it an excellent portable movie theater. It's also the first HDR-ready tablet, although there are a few asterisks to that bullet point.

With this tablet, you can watch massive online DVD movies on media player apps. However, there is no free lunch in this world, you have to pay for them. But for DVD collectors or home-made DVD lovers, that become more difficult to watch DVD on Galaxy Tab S3, cause those DVD videos are protected. If the DVD movies you own are created by yourselves, you can directly download some free DVD Ripper software such as MakeMKV, Handbrake, Format Factory, etc to convert home-made DVD movies to Galaxy Tab S3 playable file formats.

If your DVD movies are stored purchased or rented DVD movies with copy and region protection, you will then need a powerful DVD ripper application that supports to bypass the region codec and copy protection equipped on the DVD movies. After searching on the Google, you may find that Pavtube DVDAid for Windows/Mac (review) does a good job than all its competitors.

Firstly, you can convert DVD to virtually any video and audio formats like popular H.265/HEVC MKV, H.265/HEVC MP4, H.264 MP4, H.264 MKV, MOV, WMV, ProRes, DNxHD and outdated AVI, 3GP, FLV, ASF, WebM video format and MP3, AAC, MKA, WMA audio formats. Through configuring the video and audio resolution, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate, channel, you can get most compatible video for your Galaxy Tab S3 freely or edit your DVD video in Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, etc.

Many people want to shrink DVD file sizes due to Galaxy Tab S3 has limited storage space, Pavtube DVDAid can help you achieve this goal. Now download this program on your pc, open it, can you see a pen icon on the UI, click it and entre the "Video Editor" window, here are 7 main tabs for you. For example, you can add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to your DVD movies or replace the audio in the video. More features are waiting your discovery.

Quick Guide to Transfer and Play DVD Movies on Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Step 1: Load DVD files with optical DVD drive.

Run the program, insert DVD into your computer's DVD optical drive, and from the "File" drop-down menu, select "Load from disc" to load commercial DVD disc into the program.

load dvd

Tips: The program can automatically select the main DVD title (the one with the longest time and largest file size) for you. You can also use the "Merge into one file" option on the main interface to join multiple DVD titles into one single file.

Step 2: Set output file format.

Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down list, select one of Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 playable formats such as ""H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category. Or you can choose your desired format from "Samsung" category.

set output format

Tips: If you are familiar with video format, container and codec, you can directly choose video format, then adjust the video and audio bitrate, frame rate, resolution, channel and more parameters to make the outputed video more fit in your video player on Galaxy Tab S3. 

For example, the video size is based more on bit rate than resolution. Lower the bit rate to get smaller video size.

Image result for site:multipelife.com pavtube dvdaid h.264 settings

Step 3: Begin the conversion.

Start DVD to Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 ripping process by hitting the right-bottom "Convert" button. After the conversion, following this article: transfer video to Galaxy Tab S3 to have a nice DVD movie experience on your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

How to Watch DVD movies with 3D Effect on Samsung 3D TV

From sci-fi to sports, documentaries to kids' flicks, 3D is a big thing for the world of home theater. Instead of going to the cinema, Samsung 3D TV enables you to experience the 3D movies at home with the vivid scene. For DVD fans, playing DVD movies with 3D effect on Samsung 3D TV with your family or friends would be enjoyable. However, the Samsung 3D TV does not come with a DVD disc drive and its supported video format is limited that can not handle DVD rips directly, so how to do? Keep reading.

According to the Samsung offcial website we know that, Samsung 3D TV support 3D SBS MP4 videos well, for watching DVD movies with 3D effect on it, you just need to rip the DVD movies to that format. The only thing left is how to get a perfect assistant to help you to make this to come true. I have to say Pavtube DVDAid for Win / Mac should be your best choice.

This program enables you to directly unlock commercial DVD movies and convert them to 3D format for Samsung 3D TV. Moreover, the built-in video editor allows you to easily adjust 3D effects. You can change the output aspect ratio of your DVD movie to make it adapt with your Samsung 3D TV screen, add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies for better understanding if the subtitle languages in your original DVD movies are not what you actually need. Furthermore, for those people who hate long ending can cut the tail of the movie. More features in this guide for you.

Below, we will go with Windows version to show to how to convert DVD to 3D SBS MP4 for playback on 3D TV. Its Mac version has the same operating procedures. Here we go!

Guide: Rip DVD to 3D SBS MP4 for Watching on Samsung 3D TV

Step 1: Load DVD

Run DVD to Samsung 3D TV converter on PC and click "File" > "Load from disc" to load the DVD movie you want to convert. In addition to a Samsung TV, you’ll find it no difficult to play DVD on a SonyLG or Panasonic TV.

DVD

Tips: The program will automatically select the main DVD title for you, you can select your desired subtitle languages or audio tracks from the drop-down list of "Subtitle" and "Audio" under the DVD title displaying list. You are luck to keep forced subtitles with this tool released from Pavtube Studio.

Step 2: Select the "3D" output format

To output 3D SBS MP4, go to the format list to choose “3D Video” > “MP4 Side-by-Side 3D Video (*.mp4).”

mp4

Tip: If you like, click "Settings" to open "Profile Settings" window, here you can adjust 3D video depth to get better 3D visual effect or check "Switch Left Right" option to reverse the image displaying order for you.

Image result for pavtube dvdaid 3d settings

Step 3. Start the conversion

For all preparations, click “convert” button to rip DVD to 3D SBS MP4 video for Samsung 3D TV with high output quality. When the conversion finished, click “Open output folder” to get the ripped videos and then transfer them to USB drive, NAS, etc. Now you can watch DVD movies with vivid 3D effects on your Samsung 3D TV or other 3D devices.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Rip and Copy DVD to QNAP NAS for Samsung TV Watching via Kodi

Some DVD fans are looking for a perfect way to make commercial DVD streamed to Samung TV via Kodi on QNAP, which is a powerful, reliable, secure and scalable NAS solution designed for mission-critical business applications and to meet fast growing data storage needs. As we all know, almost all DVD movies are encrypted with copy protection. Decryption keys are stored in the normally inaccessible lead-in area of the disc. You'll usually get an error if you try to copy the contents of an encrypted DVD to NAS, even the copied m2ts files. This post focuses on solutions for solving this issue.

Before going any further, the first thing we should take into consideration is what file formats can be streamed to Samsung TV via Kodi on QNAP NAS. QNAP NAS is just a network attached storage device which has no limitation for the file formats stored on it. In other words, the streaming file formats should be compatible both with Kodi and your Samsung TV. To sum up, you can choose to rip/convert your commercial DVD movies to AVI, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MKV, QuickTime MOV, FLV, 3GP, ASF, etc that work both on Kodi on your Samsung TV.

To copy DVD movies to QNAP NAS for streaming on Samsung TV via Kodi, you need a professional third software which enbales you directly unlock commercial DVD movies to Samsung TV preset profile format with all the suitable profile parameters well set. Pavtube DVDAid stands out from its crowd will never let you down.

Main Features of Pavtube DVDAid

Pavtube DVDAid for Windows | Mac

  • Copy and  convert DVD to virtually any video and audio formats like popular H.265/HEVC MKV, H.265/HEVC MP4, H.264 MP4, H.264 MKV, MOV, WMV, ProRes, etc for QNAP NAS, Kodi, Samsung TV, iDevice and Android devices, and more.
  • Through configuring the video and audio resolution, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate, channel, it grants you to get most compatible video for your devices or software.
  • All-round devices presets have been equipped with the optimized video and audio parameters, you don't have to do any settings change.
  • With easy-to-use video editing functions, you can trim, crop video, or add text watermark, or add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to your DVD movies or replace the audio in the video.

Step by Step to Convert DVD to QNAP NAS for Samsung TV Watching via Kodi

Step 1: Load DVD files to the program.

Click "File" menu, and select "Load from disc", Load from folder" or "Load IFO/ISO" to import source DVD disc files.

Load DVD disc files

Step 2: Specify output file format.

Click "Format" drop-down list, scroll down the main menu on the left, select "TVs", from its extended otpion list, choose "Samsung TV (*.mp4)".

Define output file format

Step 3: Add additional subtitles(Optional).

Click the "Subtitle" tab in "Video Editor" window, check "Enable", then you will be able to add external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle files to the video as hard subtitles. You also can see other 6 main funtions in this "Video Editor" window, you can have a trail for fun.

add subtitle

Step 4: Start the conversion.

Go back to the main UI and click "Convert"button to start DVD movies to Samsung TV customized file format conversion process.

When the conversion is completed, embrace yourself to enjoy DVD movies on Samsung TV via Kodi on QNAP NAS.