Have a pile of amazing movies in .mp4, but can't
play these MP4 on Sony TV after trying all your efforts? Follow this
smart way to get rid of the trouble.
On my latest Sony Bravia TV, running the latest firmware and app, I
find that the message of "Unable to playback" file appears mostly for
MP4 files this seems to be the case, after loafing up via USB Drive.
Even though a smart Sony Bravia TV is a big entertainment in our daily
life. Nowadays it is convenient to put movies on USB drive and play on
Sony Bravia TV via USB port or stream over DLNA. And Sony claims the Smart TV support MP4 files,
however, we still encounter Sony Bravia TV won't play MP4 issues listed
as the beginning. What'a the matter? In fact, it's refusing to play an
MP4 file because of the unsupported either video or audio codec in the
video file.
Actually, that happens and as common, not only to you! Why can't
Sony TV play MP4 videos? As we all know, MP4 is simply a container video
format. Different MP4 files tends to contain different video and audio
codecs. If your MP4 files are encoded with unsupported video or audio
codec and resolution certainly can't be played on the Sony Bravia TV.
According to Sony official website, Sony TV supports formats including
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4(Part 2 and 10), DivX SD, etc. You could get more compatible video file formats details of Sony here.
And it's hard to find the right codecs and install them
accordingly. Frankly, there is a smarter way to get rid of the
incompatibility issues quickly - encode MP4 to Sony TV friendly format.
To convert MP4 to Sony TV seamlessly and effortlessly, the solution for
you is to find a third-party tool to make everything easy, if you insist
on viewing the files on Sony Bravia TV via USB storage device.
The all-in-one and easy-to-use toolkit Dimo Video Converter Ultimate
should be a great choice for you! With it, you don't need to know what
is the earth video and audio codec in the MP4 format that'll be best for
your Sony Bravia TV. You just need to choose the among the optimized
presets for Sony Bravia TV and this program will do the rest for you.
A while later, the video conversion will be finished and you'll be
able to watch the awesome media content on Sony TV without having to
compromise on the quality. Moreover, it can also allow you to make
conversion from any video formats like AVI, MKV, MOV, VOB, TiVo, MPG,
FLV and more to Sony TV compatible videos in simple clicks of mouse.
Plus, with the built-in video editor, you can also choose to trim, crop,
add watermark to your original videos. If you are Mac users, please
turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac (Mavericks, Yosemite included), which has the same function as the Windows version.
No more talking, let's go straight in. First you need to download this program and get it installed.
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How to Convert MP4 files for Playing on Sony Bravia TV
Step 1 Load .MP4 files
Drag & drop MP4 files to the top MP4 to Sony TV video converter
program directly. Or go to the "Add file" to locate the MP4 files you
want to add. You can add several files to do conversion at the same
time.
Step 2 Select the output Sony Bravia TV USB supported MP4 format.
Click "Select Format" bar to choose "Sony TV" as output format from
"TV" which is so easy. Or select the format from "HD Video" or "Video"
and choose MP4 or "HD MP4" as target format. Besides, you can also
choose AVI, WMV, MP4, etc. if you want to get a relatively smaller
output file.
Tip: To change the video size, video codec and bit
rate, you can just click the "Settings" button. The video will be
converted in the original video size if you start to convert the video
now without any change. If you keep everything default original, the
video can be converted without any quality lose. What's more, you can
trim or crop the unwanted parts and then merge them into the new one by
clicking "Edit" button, also set the aspect ratio at 16:9 or 4:3 as per
your video needs in the "Adjust" interface to avoid any black bar.
Step 3 Start to convert video to Sony Bravia TV
To start video to Sony Bravia TV conversion, click the "Start"
button. It will take less than 10 minutes to convert a 1 hour length HD
videos. Because this software can convert 30X faster than other
converting program.
Step 4. Save the output video to USB disk
When the video conversion finished, open the folder and transfer it
to your USB extra disk. Then plus your extra disk to Sony TV through
the USB port, On your TV, find the menu to access this USB disk, and
locate the MP4 video. Or stream it directly via Dimo Media Server. Your video should be playable for Sony Bravia TV now.
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