How to Solve can't Stream MKV/VOB over DLNA?

Overview

DLNA allows users to stream their subscription TV contents or personal contents for watching on televisions, tablets, mobile devices, Blu-ray players, set top boxes, computers, etc. For now, many widely used portable devices, players or other applications are DLNA-certified products, including Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony E5306, LG ULTRAHD TV, Sharp SH-M03, Blu-ray Disc Player, TP Smart TV, etc. And the DLNA-certified products are growing.

Why Can Not DLNA Stream MKV/VOB?

Though Roku USB channel has the ability to read and play MKV files, there are some restrictions on the MKV files. Roku USB Media Player channel only plays MKV files encoded with H.264 video codec and AAC/MP3/DTS/AC3 audio codec. If the MKV is encoded with other video or audio codec like MPEG-2, WAV and etc, we will fail to play MKV on Roku via USB drive, SD card or external HDD.

How to Successfully Stream MKV/VOB over DLNA?

To successfully stream MKV/VOB over DLNA you need to convert the unsupported MKV/VOB to DLNA supported video format, like MPEG2. iDealshare VideoGo is just the perfect MKV/VOB to DLNA converter which can perfectly convert all unsupported MKV/VOB to DLNA supported MPEG2. Besides convert MKV/VOB to DLNA this excellent MKV/VOB to DLNA converter can also convert other unsupported AVI, FLV, ASF, WMV, MP4, etc to DLNA supported video format.

More excellent is that this MKV/VOB to DLNA converter can also support to convert between almost all video formats. Additionally this MKV/VOB to DLNA converter is also capable of converting all incompatible audio files to DLNA supported audio format, like LPCM, MPEG-1 L3 (MP3), MPEG-4 AAC LC.

Convert MKV/VOB to DLNA Guide

You can follow the step by step guide below to convert the unsupported MKV/VOB to DLNA supported MPEG2. The guide can also serve to convert other unsupported AVI, FLV, ASF, WMV, MP4, etc to DLNA supported one or convert between video formats. The guide will take converting MKV to DLNA supported MPEG2 as the example.

Make Preparation: Free download MKV/VOB to DLNA Converter

Free download the professional MKV/VOB to DLNA Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Windows, for Mac), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import video file

Click "Add file" button to add MKV video to iDealshare VideoGo. You can also choose to drag and drop the MKV video to iDealshare VideoGo. Batch converting MKV video is supported.

Step 2 Choose MPEG2 as the exporting format

Click "Profile" button to choose MPEG2 from the "General Video" category as the exporting format.

Step 3 Convert MKV to DLNA Supported MPEG2

Click "Convert" button to completing converting MKV to DLNA supported MPEG2.

Conclusion

With iDealshare VideoGo, you can solve all the video incompatibility issues happening with all DLNA-certified products, Besides you can also use iDealshare VideoGo to solve all the audio incompatibility issues happening with all DLNA-certified products.