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How to Play 1080p/720p MKV on iPhone 4S
Learn how to play 1080p/720p MKV to iPhone 4S on Mac OS (iPhone 5 included)
"A quick question. I got myself some video files at 1080p in .ts and .mkv format, and want to add them to my new iPhone 4S. I have VLC, however, it's dropping frames and suggesting the 'puter is too slow. This is possible, but I've had no issue playing other 1080p material ONLY mkv files, Can I convert the MKV to something else? If so, with what?"
One of the many features announced on the new Apple iPhone 4S is 1080p HD video recording and 1080p video playback. After our test with the HD video play back on iPhone 4S we found that there are various ways to play HD videos in iPhone 4S. Typically, MP4 1080p video plays fine in Apple Quicktime on iPhone 4S. But how about the odd formats such as MKV videos up to 1080p?
About 1080P/720P MKV
MKV (Matroska Video) is a file format for online video distribution. It is an open and free container format which can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks inside a single file. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only. The most common use of .MKV files is to store HD video files.
iPhone 4S supported video formats are:
H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
So it's clearly that the iPhone 4S supports H.264 video up to 1080p in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. As MKV is not recognizable by Apple iPhone 4S. If you want to play 1080p/720p MKV video on iPhone 4S, you need to convert MKV to iPhone 4S supported video files first. Here we would like to introduce iFunia iPhone 4 video Converter to convert 1080p/720p MKV to iPhone 4S video formats.
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Step 1 Put 1080p/720p MKV files to iPhone 4S video converter
Click "Add files" on the top tool bar, or simply drag and drop to import the 1080p/720p MKV files into the iPhone4 video converter software. You can simply double click on the file name to preview the imported video and capture a photo during the preview.
Step 2 Select Video to iPhone 4 Profile
After the preparation work is done, go to the setting panel on the right. Click the drop-down arrow under "Output Format". There are output profiles for all kinds of video formats for iPhone which have been optimized and are suggested for use. Here we choose the iPhone 4(720p) H.264 video as the output format. After all the settings are done, just hit "Start" and let this smart MKV to iPhone Video Converter for Mac to do the rest for you!
Step 3 Play 1080p/720p MKV on iPhone 4S
Actually, you have finished your work with iPhone4 video converter with Step 1, 2, 3. Now, open your iTunes, import converted video, connect iPhone 4 to your computer and click "Synchronize". Just wait a few minutes; you could enjoy the HD MKV files on your fancy iPhone4S screen.
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