Easy Solve Can't Play MOV, FLV, WMV, AVI, MP4, SWF, VOB, MKV on Samsung Galaxy

Overview

Though Samsung Galaxy S announced to support FLV, 3GP, WMV, AVI, MP4, MKV, sometimes we still encounter can't play these kind of video files on Samsung Galaxy like can't play MP4 on Samsung Galaxy S5, can't play AVI on Samsung Galaxy S4, can't play FLV on Samsung Galaxy S2, can't play MKV on Galaxy S5 and etc. Let alone to play Samsung Galaxy unsupported video format like SWF, VOB, AVCHD, MXF, DV, RMVB, WTV, MVI, and etc.

This article will explain why Samsung Galaxy won't play video files which it claims to support as well as provide a solution to play all kinds of video files including AVCHD, AMV, ASF, ASX, AVI, Apple ProRes, BIK, DV, DivX, DVR, DAT, Flip movies, Fraps video, FLV, F4V, SWF, OGM, WTV, WebM, WMV, VP8, OGV, 3GP, 3G2, 3GPP, 3GPP2, MKV, MP4, MXF, MVI, MPG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MOV, M4V, QT, VOB, MTS, M2TS, M2T, MOD, R3D, RM, RMVB, TS, TOD, Xvid, TRP on Samsung Galaxy S5/4/3/2/1, Note, and Tab.

Why Can't Play Video on Samsung Galaxy?

Why Samsung Galaxy won't play MP4, FLV, 3GP, WMV, AVI, MKV which are all Galaxy S claims to support video format.

Samsung Galaxy native player does play AVI, 3GP, WMV, MKV, FLV, but note that the above mentioned video is just a container format which can contain various codecs, while Samsung Galaxy only support video codec in MPEG-4, H.264, H.263, Sorenson codec, DivX HD/ XviD, VC-1. If your video is encoded with other video codec, Samsung Galaxy will refuse to play.

Why Samsung Galaxy won't play VOB, RMVB, AVCHD, MPG, DV, ASF, and other video formats?

Ha! The answer is just simple: these video format are not listed in Samsung Galaxy supported video format.

How to Solve Samsung Galaxy Won't Play MOV, MKV, AVI, MP4 and etc?

Method 1: Install third party video player like VPlayer, MX Video Player, Mobo Video Player, BSPlayer, VLC and etc.

Limitation: These Samsung Galaxy Players do not support all kinds of video format and often gives a black screen or no sound when play video files.

Method 2: Convert Samsung Galaxy unsupported video files with iDealshare VideoGo.

Advantage: iDealshare VideoGo is a professional Samsung Galaxy Video Converter which can convert all kinds of video and audio formats to Samsung Galaxy supported format.

How to Convert Video to Samsung Galaxy?

The following will take converting FLV to Samsung Galaxy S5 supported video format as an example. It also applies to convert other video files to Samsung Galaxy supported video format.

Make Preparation: Run FLV to Samsung Galaxy Converter

Free download the ideal FLV to Samsung Galaxy Video Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (Windows Version, Mac Version), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import FLV files Samsung Galaxy S5 can't play

Click "Add File" button to import the FLV video files. Or simply drag and drop the FLV files or the folder where your FLV files are to the main window of the FLV Samsung Galaxy Converter.

Step 2 Select Samsung Galaxy supported video format

Click the "Profile" drop-down button to select Samsung Galaxy S5 more supported 'H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video(*.mp4)' from the "General Video" category.

Step 3 Convert FLV to Samsung Galaxy S5

Click the "Convert" button to start and finish converting FLV to Samsung Galaxy S5 compatible video format.

Conclusion

It is just easy to play all kinds of video files on Samsung Galaxy with the powerful Samsung Galaxy Video Converter and the step by step guide. And you will never worry about the following Samsung Galaxy video playback issues:

• My Samsung Galaxy S2 does not allow me to play a large number of saved .flv files that I have collected.
• Does anyone know if the Samsung Galaxy S5 natively plays MKV files? I tried a couple and it didn't work.
• I've been trying several video players to play WMV files on my Galaxy Note, but only get failed.
• I have downloaded some media files from internet with and if trying to play then then receiving an error message and they are not playing. I noted the extension of files i.e .wmv so, how can i solve this matter? Any help on this query.