Vizio TV – Smart TV Tips

Can Vizio TV play AVI movies from USB?

Elizabeth Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 06:47:00 +0000

Vizio LED Smart TVs/4K TVs are hot products on the market, in recent years Vizio has released many excellent HDTVs and they are hot among users. But Vizio TV has a big bug that it has strict limit on video playback via USB. From Vizio TV official website you will know the detail information of your HD TV, and you will know that only MP4 video format is supported by Vizio LED Smart TV/4K TV from USB. That’s why many people can’t play AVI files on Vizio TV via USB:

"I have a Vizio 32″ LCD hdtv in my office. On the side of it is a USB port. I am using an 8GB flash drive, created a ‘MOVIES’ folder and loaded an .avi movie in that folder. When I connect the flash drive to the tv, it shows a “Picture” folder. When I click OK, it then opens a “system” folder and my “MOVIES” folder. When I select the “MOVIES” folder and press OK, nothing happens. Up at the top right, it says Empty Folder. Does my tv not read even simple .avi file format? Grr!" – from .tomsguide.com

"How can I play avi files on my Vizio SV320XVT TV? I can connect my flash drive directly into the tv. When I try to play the avi files it tells me “video codec not supported.” Any help would be appreciated." – from forum.videohelp.com

The USB port in many TVs was more of a thought for pictures or just providing 5V power to a device. If they do support movies it is a very limited format as being able to support more formats requires not just more processing power, but also having to pay for different codecs. That is not even getting into conflict of interests, like sony (the owner of Blu-Ray format that gets royalty for every Blu-Ray disc made) had very few products that support mkv file format that many hd movies are decoded to. LG provides this capability to play AVI from USB but you won’t change your TV to only for playing a AVI movie. So the cost-optimal way is to convert AVI to MP4 for Vizio TV with a video converter tool.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is a powerful video converter program on the market, it has the ability to convert HD videos like AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, M4V, WMV, MTS, FLV, MPG, etc. besides HD videos it can also rip latest Blu-ray and DVD movies. With it, you can easily convert AVI to MP4 for Vizio TV playing from USB. Besides, you can also use Vizio TV video converter to convert 2K/4K MP4, MKV even Blu-ray and DVD to Vizio TV USB video.

There are rich optimized formats there, such as optimized formats for Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Panasonic TV, Android tablets, Android smartphones, editing programs, etc. you can get this software via the download link below.

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How to Convert AVI to MP4 for Playback on Vizio TV via USB?

Steps 1. Import AVI videos

This program offers you two doable ways to upload your AVI files. You can either click the button to browse your hard disk or local directories and load the target files or simply drag your local AVI videos onto the interface. The uploaded files will be shown as thumbnails.

Steps 2. Select the Vizio Smart TV support formats as the streaming device

Click format bar and select the output format you need. With this program you can convert videos to MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, etc. to play videos on Vizio Smart TV with supported video format from USB drive, we recommend you to choose MP4 format, because it is the best format for Vizio Smart TV and other playable devices.

Steps 3. Start the conversion process

Everything has been done and you can click the convert button to start the conversion. You don’t worry that you will wait for a long time, just a cup of a tea time and the AVI to Vizio TV converter can finish all the work. After conversion you can copy converted movies to USB to play on Vizio TV.

Tips:

The AVI to Vizio TV converter provides a function that you can adjust the resolution, the bit rate and other details about the movies as you like. Try this function and you will have unexpected harvests. Wish you happy when you play AVI on Vizio TV.

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How to Play 2K or 4K MP4 files on Vizio TV?

Elizabeth Taylor — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:28:40 +0000

Vizio TV will be the only TV that there are so many people have MP4 playback issues on. The worst part is that Vizio TV doesn’t seem to have any comprehensive list of what file formats and encoding settings ARE supported, unlike Apple TV. So it needs users themselves to test

"Anyone Tried getting 2k or 4k mp4 files to play on a Vizio TV?
I have a P502ui-B1 and cannot get the 2k or 4k videos to play via the USB stick. I record them on my Note 4 and try to play them. “Unsupported format” but 1080P works great.
Vizio has there own 4k .mp4 video I tried that and it works fine. Wondering if its the encoding of the Note 4 that might be not compatible?
Anyone try this?"

"I am using the Plex Media Server Version 0.9.9.7.429-f80a8d6 via DLNA to a 2013 model Vizio E701i-A3 HDTV w/firmware 2.0.44 which is the latest available as of this post according to Vizio, and all of my .MP4 movies, most of which are h.264 are not working via the Media application built-in the TV. I get a message “Video codec not support Audio codec not support”, but I can see all the directories of media files available from the Vizio. Strangely *some* .AVI files DO play fine… Has anyone found encoding settings which DO work for h.264/MPEG-4? "

So can you play 2K and 4K MP4 on Vizio TV? Vizio team says that if you want to watch 4K MP4, it has to be HEVC H.265 in order for it to work in 4k and your TV must be 4K model. As for the video and audio codec issue, if you put the mp4s into a usb dongle and plug it into the tv, the movies play. But over the DLNA plex server, it will say “Video codec not supported. Audio codec not supported.” Vizio TV supports Microsoft WMA/WMV codecs There are many converters out there that support this. I use Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, it’s not free but is powerful enough.

It can convert SD/HD/2K/4K/MP4 to 540p/720p1080p/2160p/3840p MP4 for Vizio TV. It allows you to choose video codec, audio codec, video resolution, audio channel, etc to get more compatible video with Vizio TV. Somebody tested and said that h.264/mp4/aac can be played on Vizio TV via USB. So besides WMV, you also can use h.264/mp4/aac video for Vizio TV play. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate also can convert your H.264 MP4 4K video to H.265 4k video for your Vizio TV 4k models. It can convert any video MKV, MP4, AVI, TS, ISO, H.265, etc video to Vizio TV supported wmv, mp4.

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How to Get 2K or 4K MP4 files to play on Vizio TV?

Step 1: Load MP4 file

Install and run the Vizio TV MP4 Converter on PC. You can choose to install the Vizio TV MP4 Converter in any disks of your computer and it can’t take you too much time. Load the files to the Vizio TV MP4 Converter. The Vizio TV MP4 Converter can allow you to add many files at one time. This designer can save you much time and also make the Vizio TV MP4 Converter easy to use to play MP4 on Vizio TV.

Steps 2. Select the Vizio Smart TV support formats as the streaming device

Click format bar and select the output format you need. You can choose H.264 HD MP4 format ir HD WMV from "HD Video".

Tip: Click "Settings" icon in the interface to make sure the codec is h.264 and the audio codec is aac. And if your Vizio TV isn’t 4K models, you should change the video size to 1080p.

Steps 3. Start the conversion process

If you need to adjust the output parameters before convert movies to Vizio TV, you can click the settings button and adjust the resolution, bitrate, frame rate, etc. Then click convert button to start the conversion process.

When the video conversion process is finished, you can copy converted videos to USB flash drive, and then you can watch videos and movies on Vizio Smart TV with best format, there is no problems anymore.

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Can Vizio Smart TV Play MKV via USB?

Elizabeth Taylor — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:16:19 +0000

So does Vizio TV support to play MKV files after all? There are too cases in the web and some can play while some people get failure when reading MKV files on Vizio TV. Actually, if you directly play MKV files on Vizio TV with the built-in browser, you can get it. And I think many people are using the Plex to stream medias. However, if you playback video on Vizio TV via USB, you have to know Vizio TV playable video via USB only is MP4 format.

In fact, you should say it this way Vizio TV can play MKV via USB but can’t find it. It can’t directly play MKV files via USB. Normally, to solve the issue, you can simply rename the file extension to MP4 from MKV. It will work on most of people. Exception will be that some movie will lose their audio due to imcompliance.

The another way is to convert MKV to MP4 for Vizio TV playback via USB. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is strongly recommended here to assist you. With it, you don’t need to know what is the audio codec in the MKV format that’ll be best for your Vizio Smart TV. You just need to choose the among the optimized presets for Vizio Smart TV and this program will do the rest to conveter the formats be supported for you. A while later, the video conversion will be finished and you’ll be able to watch the some media content on Vizio Smart TV via USB without having to compromise on the quality. Besides Vizio TV, it also can convert MKV to Samsung/Panasonic/LG/Panasonic TV profile optimized file format with all the suitable profile parameters.

What’s more, this video converter also can rip DVD/Blu-ray and convert Tivo, TS, MTS, AVI, MP4, MOV, H.265/HEVC, etc to MP4 for Vizio TV playback via USB.

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How to Convert MKV to MP4 for Playback on Vizio TV via USB?

Steps 1. Import MKV videos to Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate

This program offers you two doable ways to upload your MKV files. You can either click the button to browse your hard disk or local directories and load the target files or simply drag your local MKV videos onto the interface. The uploaded files will be shown as thumbnails.

Steps 2. Select the Vizio Smart TV support formats as the streaming device

Steps 3. Start the conversion process

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Can I copy DVD to Vizio M Series 4K TV via USB flash drive?

Elizabeth Taylor — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:30:56 +0000

The Vizio M series is one of the least-expensive 4K TVs you can buy. Its picture quality, thanks to full-array local dimming, delivers deep black levels and excellent contrast for an LCD TV. VIZIO M Series TV delivers incredible UHD picture quality, powerful performance and beautiful design, all driven by an ultra-intuitive Smart TV experience that makes UHD streaming simple. If you have a problem with playing DVD movie on a new Vizio 4K TV, just keep reading.

After purchasing a new DVD disc, one may probably have the desire to transmit to your Vizio TV, share with your family or watch via big 4K screen. After transferred the movies to USB flash drive, you will find your Vizio M 4K TV can’t read your DVD movies as we’ve no DVD player connected with 4K TVs, but pc can read dvd disks very well.

In fact, we can rip all the DVD movies to MP4 or other common format, put them on the USB flash drive or external hard drive, and then transfer to 4K Televisions for playback without any extra effort. Thus , we need a powerful all-in-one DVD disc handling tool.

Luckily, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate allows you to rip and convert Blu-ray, DVD to Vizio M Series TV playable MP4, MKV video with the best quality. With decent decrypting capability, high quality video output, considerate backup solution and specific format templates for versatile PMP devices (iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Xbox, PS3, Android. Windows tablets and phones, etc), it ranks top on the Blu-ray ripping application list. The equivalent Mac version is Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac. (Read review) Just get it now and follow the steps below to convert DVD for Vizio M Series TV.

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Rip DVD to play on Vizio M Series TV via USB flash drive

Step 1. Start Vizio M TV DVD Ripper and load DVD movie files to the software. After the movies are loaded, you can select subtitles and audio track as you like. DVD folder and ISO image files are also supported.

Step 2. Set output video format as H.264 MP4 under Format > HD Video. In general, mp4 is a well-accepted file format for its ability to save memory storage and keep up the video quality.

Tip: Before start the DVD conversion for Vizio M Series TV, you can click the Settings icon and adjust the video bitrate, codec, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc parameters. For watching DVD movies on Vizio M Series TV with original DVD quality, you can set the video size as 640*480.

Step 3. Hit the “Start conversion” button; this video converter will start to convert DVD for playback on Vizio M Series TV in no time.

After the conversion is over, connect the USB drive with computer and head to the destination folder where the converted files are stored, transfer the files to the USB drive then plug the drive in Vizio M Series TV. Enjoy.

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