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I have a 1TB external hard drive and a 32" alba tv but when i try to play films from my hard drive it says format not supported so does anyone know what formats will work?
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I find that MP4s work on most TV's (JVC's being the mega pain in the arse exception)
Failing that, MPEG.
Try a small sample clip in each format
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Failing that, MPEG.
Try a small sample clip in each format
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Ol_Blue_Eyes wrote I find that MP4s work on most TV's (JVC's being the mega pain in the arse exception)
Cheers for the help ill convert it now and let you know how it goes
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The most common codecs and containers that TVs recognize is:
Container: MP4
Video Codec: H.264 (x264/MPEG-4 AVC)
Audio Codec: AAC
If the content you have is already using any of them codecs but is in a different container i.e MKV then you can use a program to Mux the content to MP4 without spending hours re-encoding.
If you need to find out what codecs the content is using then you can download and use MediaInfo from [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
If you need to Mux the content to MP4 then you can use the program XMedia Recode which you can download from [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
If you need help, feel free to PM me.
Container: MP4
Video Codec: H.264 (x264/MPEG-4 AVC)
Audio Codec: AAC
If the content you have is already using any of them codecs but is in a different container i.e MKV then you can use a program to Mux the content to MP4 without spending hours re-encoding.
If you need to find out what codecs the content is using then you can download and use MediaInfo from [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
If you need to Mux the content to MP4 then you can use the program XMedia Recode which you can download from [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
If you need help, feel free to PM me.
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