MKV on smart TVs

[stuart313]

Can anyone that has got a smart TV confirm if it plays .mkv format with disks ripped with makeMKV. I am in the market for a new TV and have loads of films already ripped to a NAS, my toshiba plays them no problem.

Was looking at something like this.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televi...

or this

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televi...

[HA51EMT]

Our Samsung UE40H6400 plays them no problems through a WD My Cloud Nas.

[V8mate]

Samsung Smart TVs do. LGs don't.

[probedb]

Depends on the smart TV, they're not all the same, nor do they all support the same containers and codecs. Pick a model that you're going to buy and someone can tell you. You can't even guarantee that models from the same manufacturer will have the same support.

[Road2Ruin]

anonymous said:

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If they are ripped by makemkv then they will not be transcoded and therefore be in the format of the original film mpeg2.

[jas xjr]

Sorry nothing sensible to add but 50" tellies from mainstream manufactures for just over £300,cannot argue with that

[Magic919]

Road2Ruin said:

If they are ripped by makemkv then they will not be transcoded and therefore be in the format of the original film mpeg2.

Or H.264. Can be VC1, but less common.

[allnighter]

My Panny and Samsung TVs will play back .MKV files no problems. I use a portable toshiba canvio 1TB HDD. For some reason they are not keen on desktop HDD which are PSU powered like my Hitachi or the HGST Touro.

ETA, just put an MKV file on a USB stick and try it out on different TVs in Currys just like I did. Cheeky but who cares. Richer Sounds staff will let you do that too.

Edited by allnighter on Wednesday 29th April 13:05

[Road2Ruin]

Magic919 said:

Or H.264. Can be VC1, but less common.

Yes indeed. . From Bluray.

[stuart313]

Just to conclude this thread for info, I ended up buying a Samsung H6400 TV and it plays MKV fine along with AVI so I would imagine it plays most things ok.

[alfa aficionado]

V8mate said:

Samsung Smart TVs do. LGs don't.

My LG 55LW550T plays them back fine, up to ~25Mbps bitrate anyway. Does be a bit hit or miss at higher bitrates.

[smithyithy]

Mine, and a a friend's Samsungs both do.

My parents have a non-smart LG, but with an LG BluRay player connected to it, which does play MKV files from an external USB HDD, for what it's worth.