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Unable to watch video on TV
My son put a TV series on my External Drive which I can connect to the TV using USB.When I tried to watch some of the series I got a message saying unsupported content.When I plugged the hard drive into my laptop and found the series and tried to play it it was in VLC format.Do I just delete it or is it possible to play it.Have never used VLC.Thank,s
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Forgot to mention the TV is a Sony KDL-42W653A Model
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I was under the impression that VLC is a media player not a video format. So I'm wondering if what you are looking at is a VLC playlist? In which case the individual video files the playlist references should also be on the disk. Unless that is whoever created it forgot that rather important step
![]() What you could do is download and install VLC (it's free) which will tell you what the file actually is. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.en_GB.html If the video files are there and not in a format the TV can handle VLC can convert them into one the TV can play. Most likely something like MPEG . |
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The TV cannot play whatever format the video is in. Simple really. VLC is not a video format, it is a video player.
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Can't you ask your son how he recorded the shows and in what format, as others have stated VLC is a media player not a file type. Most modern TV's will play the common video formats, mkv, mp4, avi etc.
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But where did the son get the files from?
They could be tied to only the set that they were recorded from if they were recorded to a drive via USB. |
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When I plugged the hard drive into my laptop and found the series and tried to play it it was in VLC format
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If you set VLC as the default player for a particular filetype - say mkv - those files show as VLC media file (.mkv) in the 'type' column in Windows, but that doesn't usually carry over to a device that hasn't got VLC installed.
I'm guessing the TV series in post #1 is mkv - most are nowadays (yes I know it's a container not a filetype . . . ). |
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It say's VLC Media player then MKV so does that mean it is in MKV Format
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I forgot to say I downloaded VLC onto my laptop
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It say's VLC Media player then MKV so does that mean it is in MKV Format
The Sony TV will play MKV files provided they conform to the specs given here http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/13LW6001...eclist.html#10 Open the file in VLC and then select Codec Information from the Tools menu which will tell you what actual format the video is. |
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http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/con...L-42W653A/list
It seemingly should play most of anything. If the TV is not even listing the files then perhaps it cannot even "parse" them to display thumbnails. I have no solution since it should work. |
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I did the following and took a screen print of what came up.
Open the file in VLC and then select Codec Information from the Tools menu which will tell you what actual format the video is.Is it possible to attache the screen print to a message on here |
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is.Is it possible to attache the screen print to a message on here
and then post the link |
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Where do I post it to thank's
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I did the following and took a screen print of what came up.
Open the file in VLC and then select Codec Information from the Tools menu which will tell you what actual format the video is.Is it possible to attache the screen print to a message on here |
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This is part of what it said
Stream 0 Type Video Codec MPEG-H-Part 2 Stream 1 Type Audio Codec MPEGAAC Audio (MP4A) Stream 2 Type Subtitle Codec Text Subtitles with various stages |
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It seems your son encoded the series to a format that the TV cannot play (MPEG-H-Part 2 = H265)
Tell him to be more traditional and use H264 (also known as: MP4 part10 / MPEG-4 AVC) H264 is the best choice for things like TVs, the newer formats like H265 are ok for laptops and android boxes that can be easily updated to the latest formats. |
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Thank for that would it be possible to convert the files to something more suitable for viewing on the TV
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Yes it would.
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Thank for that would it be possible to convert the files to something more suitable for viewing on the TV
https://handbrake.fr/ |
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Thank for that would it be possible to convert the files to something more suitable for viewing on the TV
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...ia_File_Format |
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