MKV Android TV: How to Play MKV on Android TV?

Overview

Why Android TV can not play MKV files? How to successfully play MKV on Android TV? Simply convert MKV to Android TV more supported video format to easily play MKV on Android TV.

Why Can Not Play MKV on Android TV?

With the full Google support, Android TV users can download and install any App they like from Google Store and then enjoy videos, music on or play games via the Apps. For example you can install YouTube app, Google Play Movies & TV app, etc to watch the corresponding videos. But many users find that their Android TV can not play MKV file well. Some MKV can not be imported at all while some MKV only have audio, but no video. That is because Android TV has limited video format and video codec support. As for MKV support, Android TV 4.0+ only support MKV with VP8 or VP9 codec. So if your MKV is encoded with other codecs, like H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG-4 SP, etc or your Android TV is lower than Android TV 4.0+ your MKV can not be successfully played on Android TV.

How to Successfully Play MKV on Android TV?

To play any MKV on all versions of Android TV easily and successfully, we can use a MKV to Android TV converter to convert the MKV to Android TV more supported video format, like MP4 H.264. And as far as I know, iDealshare VideoGo is just the professional MKV to Android TV converter.

MKV to Android TV Converter - iDealshare VideoGo

• Convert all unsupported MKV to Android TV supported video format.
• Convert all other unsupported WebM, FLV, AVI, MOV, WMV, ASF, WTV, etc to all versions of Android TV supported video format.
• Convert all other unsupported audio formats to Android TV supported one.
• Convert any unsupported video or audio format to LG TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV, Panasonic TV, Toshiba TV supported one.
• Edit MKV, MP4, MP3 or any other video or audio format, just like the professional video or audio editor do.

How to Convert MKV to Android TV?

You can follow the guide below to convert the unsupported MKV, FLV, AVI, etc to Android TV supported video format.

Make Preparation: Run MKV to Android TV Converter

Free download the ideal MKV to Android TV Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Windows, for Mac), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import MKV

First we need to import the unsupported MKV to iDealshare VideoGo. The "Add file" button or the drag and drop function can be used when importing MKV to iDealshare VideoGo.

Step 2 Targeted output format setting

Select MP4 H.264 as the output format by clicking "Profile" button >"General Video" category.

To play HD MP4 on Samsung TV, select 'HD MPEG-4 Video(*.mp4)' from the "HD Video" category.

Step 3 Convert MKV to Android TV

Finish your conversion from MKV to Android TV supported video format by finally clicking "Convert" button.