Will it play MP4 movies? I read the specs and it lists MPEG-4 but not MP4. Thanks.
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I have had one for years, very convenient, get a HDMI switch (remote controlled) to go back and forth from the Cable box.
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I have never seen a movie that it will not playback. Hope this helps an by the way it will load and disconnect while connected to the computer
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Yes, just keep in mind that you will not be able to access network services through the HDMI port, but it will play movies from your local drive just fine. File size doesn't matter. I play 4-6 gb full 1080p MKV files all the time. I highly recommend the MKV container (with H.264 encoding) as you can also use Dolby digital 5.1. It is one of the few formats that works well.
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I am serving files via a Synology NAS, model # DS210J. I could not view or play .MKV or M4V video files on the BD player. My solution (after many hours of hair-pulling) was to change the video file name extension from .MKV to .MPG and the 720P video files would be recognized by the Sony and play correctly. I hope this helps.
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it only plays Windows media player files and avi, most of my downloads like Mp4 don't play on it but play with VLC on my computer.
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Hi! No, mp4 files do not play nor a plethora of other common files through USB or SD card. I have had a heck of a time with customer service, but I can tell you after a month going back and forth I could **ONLY**successfully play video converted as such: Xvid (format AVI, video codec Xvid, Audio Codec MP3) resolution 640*480. From their technical help emails: File Codecs supported: . MP3 . XviD . MPEG1 & 2 . JPEG NOT Supported . WMA . WMV (Windows Media Video) 9.1 . VCD 1.1 . VCD 2.0 . SVCD . DiVX ************************************************************** SD card Formats supported - Normal SD, 50X SD SD card maximum size in GB -- 4G USB - 2.0 - 4G max My question: why it can't read beyond a 4G USB (or SD card) drive? Their Answer: There are limitations of the product due to the size of the internal processor. Increasing the size of the internal processor and adding additional file formats would directly impact the price point of the product.
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yea mp4 don't play. some avi files will play. If not, I just convert to dvd (ntsc) format..
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I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!
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Hello Crawdad,Thanks for your interest! This item can play the following files:*Digital video: MOV, MKV, AVI, RM, RMVB, FLV, WMV, MP4, VOBWe hope this works for you because we would love to get your business today!
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It plays mp4 format per instruction manual. Our Viewsonic, however, does not...that aspect may be defective
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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. :-)
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I downloaded it and I could not get it to play either. I have a Samsung UHD TV and I also tried putting the clip on the 4K movie disc pack that I received with the TV. It also would not play on that hard disk through the USB port. However, it will play on my computer. I do have another Youtube mp4 clip that plays through the disk pack in 4k. I moved that clip to the KdLinks and it came back as unsupported format also. So, I agree that the KdLinks will not play 4k video without some kind of an upgrade.
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I personally would use MPC-HC to play movies on it. I can use that software to play any copy write protected movie, such as Disney or Warner Brothers movies. It plays the movie at whatever the refresh rate of the disk or graphics card your using can handle and it has amazing sound performance. It works just as good as if you were watching the movie on your TV.
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It is called an MP4 player,but I never could get it to play MP4 files. In fact I had so many issues with this device that it went into the trash. I hope you have better luck.
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Sorry I do not know if it plays mp4 video files as I have never tried doing that myself.
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USB/SD card playback of mp3 and Jpeg files.That is directly from the description. It doesn't play back movies from the USB or card slot, only music (MP3) and picture (jpeg) files can be loaded from the card slot/USB port. There are much better options then this cheap player (3 month warranty) for just a little more money. Check out TView.I did try using a popular video converter (used MPEG4) to put a movie on a card just to see if it would work, it did not.
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Honestly, I've not been able to get it to play any of the video formats -- and I've tried them all. Effectively, I pretty much use it just for music.
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It won't work for DRM protected movies. It works for MP4 movies, ie the "home movies" many of us have.... I just mounted an SD card on my machine, copied the movies to the card, put the card in the gadget and either copy to the gadget or just leave it at that.