Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Add Reply
Guide how to fix MKV DTS no sound on WD TV
Topic Started: Apr 21 2014, 07:22 AM (43 Views)
zaphodna

Summary: If your MKV won’t read and play on your WD TV, just convert MKV to a WD TV most compatible format. Below article gives you a detailed solution.

Posted Image

If you handle MKV files on WD TV, you may meet some playback issues. Here some typical questions are listed below:

Q1: WD TV Live Wont Play .MKV Files

"I can watch every other file format on my pc through the network on my new WD Live Player but for some reason it says file unsupported when I try and play a .MKV movie?"

Q2: Need to convert MKV file for WD TV

"I just bought a western digital HD TV and only some of my MKV files have audio. Now, I need to change the audio format on the mkv, or it might be easier if I could change the whole file format to wmv or mp4 or anything else. I've seen some threads on changing the audio on mkv's and there seems to be no easy way to do it. Like I said, can I easily change to another type of file and will it make the audio work? Does anyone have any suggestions?"

From WD support, we can easily find that WD TV compatible media file types include WMV9, AVI (MPEG1/2/4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), MOV (MPEG4, H.264), M2TS, TP, TS, MOV/MP4 (MPEG4, h.264), DVR-MS, VOB (unprotected or unencrypted). MKV is on the format list, but what we need to note is that MKV is a container file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. Some DTS encoded MKV files can’t be supported by WD TV player.

So, if a MKV file type does not play on your model of the WD TV, you can attempt to convert the file to a compatible format type using video conversion software. Here Brorsoft Video Converter will be the best solution for you. With this ideal MKV to WD TV Converter, you can convert MKV to WD TV most compatible format like MP4 easily and fast. The video quality won't be reduced through conversion. Plus, the built-in video editor allows you to trim, crop, add watermark, add subtitles to your source video. If you are Mac users, turn to Video Converter for Mac.

Guide on converting MKV(DTS) to WD TV for smooth playing

Step 1. Add video files

Run the best MKV to WD TV Converter, and click the "Add" button to load .mkv videos. If you want to merge multiple clips just need to check the "Merge into one" box.

Posted Image

Step 2. Choose output format

Click format bar and choose a WD TV friendly format like H.264 MP4, Xvid AVI, H.264 MOV, etc. Well, if you want to stick the MKV format, you can choose MKV format from Common Video. It would be fit on your WD TV player as it encoded with AAC audio.

Posted Image

Tip -Profile Settings: In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click "Settings" button and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3. Start conversion

Click "Convert" button to start convert MKV to MP4 for playing on WD TV HD media player. When the conversion task is finished, click "Open" button to get the exported files. Now you have got it right, just play and share your movie files on WD TV at your own will.

Learn More:

How to Convert MKV DTS to AC3 5.1
How to Convert MKV for Easy Playing on PS 3
How to Rip Blu-ray/DVD Collection to WD My Cloud
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
jodietong1221

Summary: This article shows you an easy way rip and convert DVD ISO to WD TV supported video for moving to WD TV for easier playback.

WD TV, a common Media Player for us, is compatible with a wide selection of multimedia files, including most image, audio and video file formats, such as AVI, MPG, MP4 and MKV movie files and MP3 audio files. I own a WD TV, what I want to do is to transfer my DVD ISO files to WD TV for playing. The problem is that most DVD ISO files work for me, but a few say unsupported format.

After getting some tech support form WD TV forum, I know the difference between the ISOs that work and the ones that give an "unsupported format" error could easily be due to the size difference. For whatever reason, the WD TV Gen1 doesn't play ISOs that are less than about 30 minutes which is a common length for TV episodes. Maybe if we bring it up enough, it'll get fixed. The workaround seems to be to use an MKV container instead of an ISO container. In other words, we’d better convert DVD ISO to MKV for WD TV easier playback. By the way, if you have a pile of DVD discs, you’d better rip DVD movie off disc and convert to WD TV compatible format in advance.

How to rip and convert DVD/ISO to WD TV

Brorsoft DVD Ripper

As you know, due to the reason of lacking DVD drive, WD TV can not meet the demands of put DVD discs. By the way, even the ripped DVD ISO files can’t be supported well by WD TV. To play DVD/ISO on WD TV smoothly, an easy-to-use DVD Converter is the key. The recommended Brorsoft DVD ripper is capable of ripping DVD to MP4, AVI, MKV for WD TV(including WD TV Live) with no quality loss; it also enables you to copy DVD main movies for backup onto WD TV. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to DVD Ripper for Mac. Now let's learn how to do it.

Step 1: Load DVD movies

Run the DVD Ripping program and click "DVD disc" icon to load DVD movies for converting. You can also import movies files from DVD VIDEO_TS folder or ISO image files.

Posted Image

Tip: Before start converting DVD, you can backup DVD whole content or copy DVD main movie only first with its full disc copy or directly copy features.

Step 2: Choose output format

Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To play DVD movies on WD TV, you can rip DVD to.mkv .mp4, or .avi, etc compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of compression to suit the quality you want.

Posted Image

Tip: Click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of compression to suit the quality you want.

Step 3: Convert DVD/ISO to WD TV

Finally, click convert button to rip/convert DVDs, ISO to optimized format for WD TV. When the conversion finishes, click Open button to find the output files and you can have the DVD movie enjoyment with your WD TV(Live).

More Guides:

How to Rip DVD with Subtitles
How to Rip and Import DVD to iTunes
How to Rip DVDs keeping Right Aspect Ratio
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · General Discussion · Next Topic »
Add Reply