Can Apple TV 4K (2021) play MKV files? How to convert MKV to Apple TV 4K (2021)? If you want to play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021) smoothly, you’d better read this article and we will share the best way to play MKV files on Apple TV 4K (2021), and you will also get the best Apple TV 4K video converter, which can convert Blu-ray, DVD, MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4 or HEVC to Apple TV 4K (2021) supported format.
MKV to Apple TV 4K (2021) Playback Question
“Hi there, do you know the best way to play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021)? Several days ago I purchased the Apple TV 4K (2021) for watching movies on my Samsung 65 inches TV, I have got some MKV vidoes stored on my computer’s HDD, and now I want to play MKV with Apple TV 4K on Samsung TV, but I found the Apple TV 4K (2021) can’t play MKV files, is there an easy way to solve this playback issue? Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!”
“Does Apple TV 4K (2021) play MKV files? Today I want to play some MKV movies on TV through Apple TV 4K (2021), I tried to play MKV files with Apple TV 4K (2021) but always get failure, can anyone help me to solve the problem? I guess the MKV format is not supported by Apple TV 4K (2021) but I haven’t got an effective way to solve the issue, so please help me, thanks!”
Apple TV 4K (2021) is very popular on the market, more and more people buy Apple TV 4K (2021) to connect to HDTV for watching videos and movies, compared to the last version the new Apple TV 4K (2021) has many new features, it is definitely worth the money. As more and more users get the Apple TV 4K (2021), there are many Apple TV 4K related questions asked on the forums and websites, one of the hot topics is the MKV playback on Apple TV 4K. A lot of users have MKV videos and movies stored on computer, and now they want to play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021) so that they can enjoy the videos and movies on big HDTV. But when they tried to play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021) they get failure, the Apple TV 4K can’t play MKV videos, what’s the reason?
The MKV to Apple TV 4K (2021) playback issue is caused by the video format limitation of Apple TV 4K. If you check Apple TV 4K user manual or its product page you will learn that Apple TV 4K (2021) supported video formats are limited, it can only play H.264/MPEG-4 MOV, MP4 and M4V files, for other video formats like MKV, AVI, WMV, etc. Apple TV 4K is not able to play them, so you can’t play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021) directly.
How to play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021)?
As we talked above, the Apple TV 4K (2021) can’t play MKV files directly, in this case how can we play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021)? The best way is to convert MKV files to Apple TV 4K supported video formats like MOV, MP4 and M4V, and then you can play MKV on Apple TV 4K (2021) with compatible format. In order to convert MKV to Apple TV 4K compatible format, we want to introduce the best MKV to Apple TV 4K converter for you, the software is Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, this powerful software can help you to convert MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, DVD or Blu-ray to Apple TV 4K supported formats, and then you won’t have video playback problems with Apple TV 4K. Now you can get this MKV to Apple TV 4K converter from the link below.
Features of Apple TV 4K DVD/Blu-ray Converter:
Convert any video to Apple TV 4K compatible format;
NVIDIA and AMD video card acceleration technology is adapted;
Customize the output resolution, bitrate, frame rate, etc.
Optimized formats for Apple TV 4K and other devices.
Convert Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray ISO and folder to Apple TV 4K;
Convert DVD disc, DVD ISO and DVD folder to Apple TV 4K;
Convert MKV, AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV, MTS, ISO, 4K H.265 to Apple TV 4K;
Tip: This Blu-ray to Apple TV 4K converter can also convert other videos for you, such as convert Blu-ray ISO to Apple TV 4K, convert DVD to Apple TV 4K, convert DVD ISO to Apple TV 4K, convert MKV to Apple TV 4K, convert 4K to Apple TV 4K, convert AVI to Apple TV 4K, convert WMV to Apple TV 4K, convert H.265 HEVC to Apple TV 4K, etc. it is very powerful.
Convert MKV to Apple TV 4K (2021) supported format
Step 1. Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, install this software on your computer, this software has Windows version and Mac version, so it will help you to convert MKV to Apple TV 4K on Mac and Windows 11/10.
Step 2. Launch this Apple TV 4K MKV converter you will see the main interface, click “Add Files” button to import the MKV files at you want to convert, you can also load other HD videos like AVI, WMV, FLV, MTS, VOB, MPG, etc. into it for converting. Besides, Acrok software can also rip latest Blu-ray and DVD movies to any unprotected common videos, and then you can copy Blu-ray or DVD movies to any devices for playing.
Step 3. After you loaded the videos, please select output format you want, there are rich output formats in this MKV to Apple TV 4K converter, you can choose it according to your need. For example, you can choose HD Video -> Apple TV H.264 Video or Apple TV HD Dolby Digital Pass-through, they are well supported by Apple TV 4K (2021).
Step 4. Before converting MKV files to Apple TV 4K (2021), you can click Settings button on the main interface to adjust the output parameters, for example, you can change the resolution to 1280*720 (720p) or 1920*1080 (1080p), and then you will get 720p or 1080p videos.
Step 5. Click convert button, MKV to Apple TV 4K conversion process will begin immediately.
Please wait some time, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate will convert MKV to Apple TV 4K supported format at top speed and quality, NVIDIA CUDA and AMD APP acceleration technology is supported, so it can convert your videos at faster speed. When your videos are converted to Apple TV 4K compatible format, click open button to get the converted videos, and then you can play these videos through Apple TV 4K (2021) on your TV, there will be no problems anymore.
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