“I have bought a Vizio smart TV which can read files from USB storage, but when I transferred some movies to USB flash drive, the Vizio TV can not play the movies from USB, it seems some formats are not supported, like MKV, WMV, M4V, etc. Which format is best supported by Vizio smart TV?”
Maybe you have got the same problem as showed above. Many users choose to copy movies to USB flash drive and play on Vizio TV via USB port. But, Vizio TV can only play limited video formats through USB. From Vizio TV official website we know that best supported format is H.264 codec MP4 format, if a video in other formats and codecs, it may have video playback issue. Many widely used formats and codecs are not well supported, like MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, M4V, TiVo, AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, etc, because these formats are container formats and have many different codecs.
In order to play videos and movies on Vizio TV via USB without playback problems, you’d better convert videos to best compatible formats for Vizio TV, and then you can watch videos smoothly. Video Converter Ultimate is an excellent software that can convert all unprotected and protected videos to any formats you need, as well as supported formats for Vizio TV, it supports up to 30X conversion speed.
Here is the main interface of the video converter for Vizio TV (Windows Version, Mac Version):
After you installed the software, run it, and load the videos or movies that you need to convert. Choose the output format that Vizio TV can recognize and play, HD MP4 format is recommended, it is best format for Vizio TV.
Click “Settings” to change the video resolution, bit rate, etc. for full screen playback smoothly or select the corresponding device as the output format. Please remember the file size is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in bigger file size, and lower visible quality loss.
Edit feature is easy to use. You can trim, crop, add watermark, add subtitle or adjust effect to the video before convert videos to Vizio TV.
Click convert button to start. This best Vizio TV video converter will convert MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MTS, AVCHD, M4V or 3D video to supported format for Vizio TV, NVIDIA CUDA and AMD APP acceleration technology is supported, you can get up to 30X speed. After conversion, you can copy converted videos to USB flash drive/pendrive or memory card, and then you can play movies on Vizio TV via USB with best format. Please take a free try, hope this article can help you.