Reddit User’s Commen Question:
“ I’ve read that officially Roku supports mkv but I believe that goes as far as the container but not necessarily other codecs. My issue is I have a fair amount of mkv’s that will play, but they constantly stutter and skip as if they are in slow motion. I suspect it’s the audio codec used and not necessarily the container/video codec. Is there a windows tool I could use to change the container to mp4 or (and I said what I suspect is the real issue) re-encode the audio to some other format? My goal being that I don’t want to re-encode the video and don’t believe it’s necessary.” – Source >> here.
In this case, some people may give up playing their favorite MKV movies on Roku 4. In fact, it is not a hard thing, because we can convert MKV/AVI/MOV movies to Roku 4 friendly video formats. In this article, we will give you the tips and tricks how to watch MKV, AVI, MOV movies on Roku 4 via USB flash drives smoothly.
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 4 via USB drive, SD card or external HDD. Under this circumstance, you need to encode.
To solve Roku won’t play MKV files issues; a recommended fix is to convert Roku unsupported MKV to Roku more compatible MKV or MP4. For naturally unsupported MKV formats of Roku, you will need a third-party tool to help you out. HerePavtube Video Converter Ultimate is your best choice which is capable of converting your media to Roku supported formats like MKV, MP4, MOV, WMV for streaming with no quality loss.
And what I’ve learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad Pro, iPhone 6S/6S Plus, PS4, Apple TV 4, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X El Capitan, turn to iMedia Converter for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion.
How to Encode/Re-encode MKV to Roku 4 compatible format
Download MKV (DTS) to Roku 4 Converter:
Other Download:
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html
1. Add MKV movies
Run the MKV to Roku Coverter; click the Add button to load movie files to the program from your computer. You can also directly drag the video files into the program.
2. Select the output format
Hit the Format box and choose your desired format. To store your movies on Roku for widely using, you’d better encode them to .mp4, .mov, or .mkv, etc compressed format.
Tips:
1. If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.
2. There are also some optional tinkering you can take to make the videos look better on a HD TV screen, such as changing the aspect ratio or specifying the video resolution. Just click the Settings (beside Format) icon to do it.
3. Start to convert videos to Roku 4
Simply click the Convert button to start encoding video to MP4 for Roku 4. Within several minutes, you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the “Open” button. Afterwards, it’s free to stream your media files from Roku 4. Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the Roku and iPad, Apple TV, PS3, HD TV or other media players. What’s more, you can also set Plex on Roku for Blu-ray/DVD playback on Roku 4.
More features of the MKV to Roku 4 Video Converter:
a. Edit or clip MKV movie files- Click “Edit” on the menu to trim, crop, add special effects to your source movies.
b. Advanced settings- With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original MKV movie files while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset.
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