I am new to Plex and I've started to figure out how everything works. When I access files from my NAS, MP4-files play nicely on the Apple TV. However, it seems that it cannot play my MKV-files. It loads them up just fine with meta-info and all, but when I hit "Play", it just loads for a while before returning to the main screen for the movie.
What am I missing here? The files play just fine in the browser on my MacBook.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Generally speaking, Plex is a media server application that enables us to share music, movies on TV, PS3, Xbox360, Android, iOS, and other DLNA-certified devices locally via home network connection, or remotely, as long as you have a Internet connection.
For ATV 4, you need to know there are only two official and free methods to stream video files to Apple TV from computer: iTunes or AirPlay. Unfortunately, neither of the two supports MKV as the input format. Only few support several formats, require installing some plug-ins, and with an endless line of embedded goods, etc. So is there any way to help you to play .mkv files on the Apple TV 4 without limitation?
MKV is just a container, it doesn't really tell us what kind of video file is inside it and you're trying to play. The Apple TV 4 supports H.264 video, so if your MKV files contain such video, it ought to work fine. It might be something else causing the problem. Check the log files to see if it tells you why it aborts the playback.
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Step 2: Select an output format for Apple TV 4 and set the output folder.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(*.m4v)” from “Apple TV” which is the compatible format for Apple TV 4. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
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Once the MKV for Apple TV 4 conversion on Mac is done, you can get the output files for the new Apple TV via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Afterward, you can easily sync/stream the transcoded mkv files to Apple TV 4 via Plex.
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