Play MKV's on Surface

[Mr.NK]

Aw: Play MKV's on Surface

@ Lauris: I did a test with a 1080p-file and everything was fine, although I just watched two minutes, but I also had tested a 1:1 copy of my Blu-ray via an usb-drive (just put it into a Mp4-container), and it played it nearly perfectly on my tv.

 

[Lauris]

@ Lauris: I did a test with a 1080p-file and everything was fine, although I just watched two minutes, but I also had tested a 1:1 copy of my Blu-ray via an usb-drive (just put it into a Mp4-container), and it played it nearly perfectly on my tv.

Thanks man for testing!

But still u converted from blu-ray to mp4-container? ...how about pure mkv 1080p, like 10gb big file (say downloaded from piratebay )? Is it really enough with hardware juice?

You tested usb-drive, i suppose flash drive? Have u tested some extern HDD trough that usb-port?

 

[Mr.NK]

Aw: Play MKV's on Surface

it was just a conversion of the container, so the Audio and Video-Stream was untouched. The Hardware acceleration worked perfectly and kept the cpu-usage on a low-mid-level. Only 2 or 3 framedrops, due to the small bandwith of the surface. So the surface is capable of playing 1080p content

 

[Lauris]

Superb, nice to know! Now is just wait for some app from windows store which can play all mkv's without some conversion.
MX Player from android, please come to windows RT :cool2:

P.S. can be downloaded this app from Surface store? http://www.greatwindowsapps.com/app/8441f98d-c8e7-4ee1-9c1a-6f08f46e51f3
Maybe this app plays all mkv's without problems?

 

[mdfire]

downloaded this app, its big > 350mb, but my favourite app so far. streamed mkv file ripped from band of brothers buuray stored on a nas perfectly

 

[Lauris]

downloaded this app, its big > 350mb, but my favourite app so far. streamed mkv file ripped from band of brothers buuray stored on a nas perfectly

It seems that this app cannot support mkv's with DTS, only AC3. And so far no .srt support either.

 

[MSurfaceWA]

It seems that this app cannot support mkv's with DTS, only AC3. And so far no .srt support either.

The latest update for mobile.HD player now lets it support DTS audio and subtitle support with the option to turn subtitles off and on. Just tried a DTS with subtitle 720p .mkv and it played perfectly!! I have tried iPads and Android tabs and have never found a program where it has worked as well as this. Kudos to mobile.HD, well worth it for anyone who plays .mkv files.

 

[Mr.NK]

Aw: Play MKV's on Surface

What's about dual language/audiostream support? This was the only issue to keep me away from buying it and go on with m8.

 

[ZachBui]

Video: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio: English, Japanese
Audio Bitrate: Vorbis ~Bitrate 48.0Kbps
Default Sub & Audio: English Audio with Non Dialogue Subtitles.
Resolution: 640x480
I just tried an mkv with the settings above and it won't let me play the file it seems. And I'm on the latest update of the program

 

[MSurfaceWA]

I checked the update log, it listed subtitles and DTS, but nothing about dual language options.

 

[ZachBui]

oh okay, thank you!

 

[ArnoldC]

Have you guys seen the Yxplayer RT and PressPlay Video? Both play MKV...