I see that this will play various formats, such as mkv and mov, through the wi-fi connection. Does anybody know if it will play such files if they are burned to a Blu-Ray disk, and the disk placed in the Blu-Ray player of the unit?
1154088
I believe it will. I backup a lot of my kids movies and have not found any problems watching them on any of the different formats I have done
2231980
Typically, in the electronics world, players are backwards compatible. Since this is Blue Ray DVD technology, it should play the older DVD formats the came before. I'm not an expert on this, but I don't recall ever having a DVD (Blue Ray, HD, SD) or CD that would not play in this player.
532883
A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want)
571415
It doesn't have to be. However, blu-ray publishers change their copy protection every so often. Samsung will have an update for your player so discs with the newer copy protection scheme will play - but you need to connect your player to the internet so it can retrieve this firmware.This is just the way blu-ray players work - you'll run into this with any brand player.Maybe get a long CAT5 patch cord and just plug it in when you run into a disc that won't play.Also, this player might have an update from usb / sd card function. Not sure about that.
1903236
All I can say, B.R., is that ours is streaming beautifully via our home WiFi network so, I don't see why not.Via USB stick...it plays .mp4s perfectly. I haven't tried any of the other formats.The wife and I are very happy with it. :-)
543517
The manual says it only supports playback of pictures from USB devices, though it lists the supported file types as JPG, DIVX, and MP3. I have never tried playing anything from a USB drive on this device, and don't know if firmware updates might have changed what is described in the manual.
2270119
Mine works like a charm. It even plays the m2ts file from the avatar blu-ray in full 1080p. It's a great product so far.
681804
I don't have the mini, but I've read all over that i will play .ISO files just like if it were in a DVD player.I have the regular WDTV and it will play .ISO files, but will only play the main movie (or the longest file, i.e. when I select The Aristocrats .ISO file, it plays the extra un-edited joke video and not the main movie)
291771
Yes it will play Blu rays. The software with it is not a full suite but you can use Windows media player in Win 8.1 for music. I use a third party program for Blu rays as the one included did not allow for movie playback.
153701
Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
454364
I play mine on a sony Blu-ray/DVD player. It plays both DVDs and Blu-ray discs and have had no problems.
1166407
I have and do; in fact, it's been the best Blu Ray player I've used for a computer. I have a Mac and use a downloadable player. Try Different software; if that doesn't work, it might be a faulty unit.
724360
I have two of them and they both play CDs and DVDs just fine . I would recommend updating the firmware to the most current one . You most likely though will have some issues playing some of the newer blu ray releases but otherwise it's a great player . Good luck
405003
I found that the blu ray player has to be connected to the network via wireless. A hard wired connection won't allow the iphone app to work. No idea why, but I tried for a long time to get it to work over a wired connection. Everything showed up on the network just as you are finding. It worked the first time via wireless. I found that out via scanning several forums. Hope this helps.
1724154
Yes, it will play that format. You can connect the cell phone to the radio through blue tooth and play any media on your device. The bad thing is I had problems with my radio 1 week after install, my radio stopped accepting discs. It would just shoot right out when you attempt to play. They offered to replace but I had to pay for all shipping which was like $50. But good luck to you.
1947255
That would mostly depend on how you ripped your Blu-Ray version movie from Disc to digital-file. (i.e. format of digital file. ex. MyMovie.m4v ). Since the device itself is just a storage device / wifi hotspot (stream transport), it doesn't play any movie format. The movie playback is completely dependent on the end-player (i.e. SanDisk app on your phone/tablet). I am not sure of all the digital formats that are supported via the native SanDisk-App.. It at least plays .m4v files which are the only type I use. Also, at least on an Android tablet, the SanDisk-app allows you to use an alternate app for video playback. In the SanDisk-App (when selecting a movie to view), if you long-hold/press the movie-title, you can choose an external movie player. (external to the SanDisk-app, but must be another video-app on the android device). i.e. on my android tablet, I can long press a movie title and select 'MX-Player Pro'; and with that particular player.. almost all video formats are supported.
2283286
Yes you can, it came preinstalled with xbmc which can play .mkv files natively. Or if you choose you can download an app like MX player from the okay store which can play .mkv files