How to play mkv file on Sony Bravia LED tv-a guide

[robertdiligente]

Though Sony TV like Bravia enables us to enjoy video files from a USB device, it has video format limitation. It only supports videos in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP4, WMV, ASF, DivX HD.

In order to play other video formats like MKV on Sony Bravia TV via USB, a simple workaround is to convert them to Sony TV supported video format.

 

[robertdiligente]

Though Sony TV like Bravia enables us to enjoy video files from a USB device, it has video format limitation. It only supports videos in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP4, WMV, ASF, DivX HD.

In order to play other video formats like MKV on Sony Bravia TV via USB, a simple workaround is to convert them to Sony TV supported video format with some software like iDealshare VideoGo

 

[nandhu1611]

Thanks lake1988

 

[srkmish]

No bravia can't play srt file.

I've started this thread focusing on how to play mkv on bravia incase you don't have a media player.

It can play dolby digital and mpeg-4 avc codec which are mostly used in mkv.

It is the limitation of m2ts format which prevent srt playback.

If someone wants to play mkv in a tv they can buy those bad sets from other brands.

bad sets from other brands. lol

 

[sandybsb4]

i really worked ...thnks a lot. i was looking for this solution

 

[eg101]

I recently tried playing frozen in mkv in my w950a, it played - only there's a nagging error message "unsupported file format" all the time at the bottom of the screen.

For srt files, please change encoding in tv to UTF8 - it'd work.

 

[vis126]

My Sony Bravia TV is saying audio not supported.

Can anyone helpme out.

Here is the mediainfo

General
Unique ID : 231545716341064499280849068333524794476 (0xAE321536492752879204DBC4E9073C6C)
Complete name : H:\Flier.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 1.07 GiB
Duration : 2h 33mn
Overall bit rate : 998 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-08-14 11:06:32
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.4.1 ('Omega Point') built on Sep 16 2013 22:05:10
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L2.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Nominal bit rate : 900 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.041
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2019 9cc407d
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=900 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : Main
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 33mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Default : Yes
Forced : No

 

[sebi]

I find my Sony w950a difficult In reading 8 gb pen drive and I could able to see the icon in home screen.? What could be the issue.

 

[adeebchand]

I read your post but dat software didn't work for me .... it does not show any video in video section ... hlp mee

 

[gp_freak]

I find my Sony w950a difficult In reading 8 gb pen drive and I could able to see the icon in home screen.? What could be the issue.

Format the pendrive and try again.

 

[adeebchand]

My tv's model no is klv-22bx300 n it does not show any video when I converted from the converter that you told ... plzzz hlp

 

[ValarMorghulis]

Err.. Never got any issue with my Sony 42W70B. I think it plays .mkv as well!
Dayum! Will check again today

 

[changegrowup]

You may try iDealshare VideoGo which can convert MKV, WTV, Apple ProRes, MOV, AVI, DivX, Xvid, FLV, WebM, F4V, OGV, RM, RMVB, TP, TS, R3D, AVCHD, MTS, M2T, M2TS and etc to Sony TV video format

 

[Sidsany]

HI, I tired doing as mentioned in the earlier post. Also converted the muxed the mkv file using tsMuxeR_2.6.12. The file got converted using tsMuxeR_2.6.12 but while we play the converted video mkv file there is no video and only audio is heard. As you mentioned in point 3 regarding the video settings, tried doing those but those settings are disabled.

Request your help.

 

[Twenty@20]

How about using a Hdmi to Hdmi cable to play videos of all formats on the tv from a laptop? will this work?

 

[lake1988]

Sidsany please post the video properties here.

 

[jsmithe]

How about using a Hdmi to Hdmi cable to play videos of all formats on the tv from a laptop? will this work?

Yes, that will work since the TV is only functioning as a display device for the computer.

 

[rishidhawan05]

Hello I can play this movie on my Sony Bravia 48W600B, it gives me an error "unsupported Content"


General
Unique ID : 184435457515085297872698538639462379470 (0x8AC0FA1F85F22B0C87DB65C9EC4A2FCE)
Complete name : Z:\New\Taare Zameen Par.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 2.47 GiB
Duration : 2h 42mn
Overall bit rate : 2 174 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-08-02 10:21:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 64bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:16:27
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1
DURATION : 02:32:52.885000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 2662
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 9217623
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP : mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 64bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:16:27
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC : 2014-08-02 10:21:09
_STATISTICS_TAGS : BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2h 42mn
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 42mn
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

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[suga49]

@ rishidhawan05


HEVC is the latest video encoding (x265 format). Bravia supports only x264 encoding. only few 4K T.V in the market and some bluray player supports x265 format.

So your model wont play HEVC video. In some cases even if it plays you will be able to hear only the sound not the video.

A simple work around : If you have a PC/Laptop, download "Wondershare Video Converter". Then convert the video to x264 format.

To convert 2.5GB of video to x264 format your laptop takes quite sometime which depends on processor ( mine i5 4th gen - takes 20 minutes to convert 1GB of HEVC to x264 format). the output file will be three times in size of input. in your case the output file would exceed 7GB.

 

[Shahnawaz]

Toooooo gooood. It'd working perfectly ok. Superb.