Samsung 2017 UHD TV Supported Media Formats

The Samsung 2017 UHD TV allows you to view compatible media formats from external devices such as USB storage devices. When a USB device is connected to the USB port, a pop-up message will appear allowing you to easily switch to media content stored on the USB device.

Steps to connect an External Devices (USB Storage) to Samsung 2017 UHD TV

1. Plug in the USB Device, with the stored media content, into the USB In port of your TV.
2. Press the Home button on your Samsung Smart Control, to access the Home Screen.
3. Using the directional pad on your remote navigate to Source, then press the Select button on the directional pad to access the available sources.
4. Select the appropriate USB Source.
5. The TV will display a thumbnail list of the media contents saved on your USB Device. Select a folder or media content to play from the list.
6. Select the media content that you would like to play on your TV.
7. Your media will begin to play.

Users may have an issue when playing certain media types on Samsung 2017 UHD TV if the file contain video or audio codecs that are not supported by your 2017 UHD TV. In this case, it would be ideal for you to change the file format to Samsung 2017 UHD TV supported file formats listed below:

File Format	Container	Video Codecs	Resolution	Frame Rate (fps)	Bitrate (Mbps)	Audio Codecs
.avi .mkv .asf .wmv .mp4 .mov .3gp .vro .mpg .mpeg .ts .tp .trp .mov .flv .vob .svi .m2ts .mts .divx	AVI MKV ASF MP4 3GP MOV FLV VRO VOB PS TS SVAF	H.264 BP/MP/HP	4096 x 2160	4096 x 2160: 30 4096 x 2160: 60	60	Dolby Digital LPCM ADPCM (IMA, MS) AAC HE-AAC WMA Dolby Digital Plus MPEG (MP3) DTS (Core, LBR, HD_MA, HD_HRA) G.711 (A-Law, μ-Law)
		HVEC (H.265 - Main10)	4096 x 2160	60	80
		Motion JPEG	3840 x 2160	30	80
		MVC	1920 x 1080	60	20
		DivX 3.11/4/5/6
		MPEG4 SP/ASP
		Window Media Video v9 (VC1)
		MPEG2
		MPEG1
		Microsoft MPEG-4 v1, v2, v3		30
		Windows Media Video v7 (WMV1), v8 (WMV2)
		H.263 Sorrenson
		VP6
*.webm	WebM	VP8	1920 x 1080	60	20	Vorbis
*.webm	WebM	VP9	4096 x 2160	4096 x 2160: 60	40	Vorbis
*.rmvb	RMVB	RV8/9/10 (RV30/40)	1920 x 1080	60	20	RealAudio 6

Transcode unsupported video for Samsung 2017 UHD TV Playing via USB

If you wish to play some unsupported media types such as commercial Blu-ray or DVD disc or incompatible digital file formats on Samsung 2017 UHD TV from USB drive, you can fix the format or codec incompatible issue by downloading our powerful Samsung 2017 UHD TV Converter - Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. The program has full importing support for all the media file types listed above. Thanks to its batch conversion mode, you can load multiple 4K/2K/HD/SD video into the application for conversion at one time.

You can use the program to output Samsung 2017 UHD TV supported digital file formats listed above and then flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels, etc to produce the best playback settings for Samsung 2017 UHD TV. Or choose to directly export Samsung TV preset profile formats with the optimal playback settings.

For Mac users, you can go to download Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac to complete the conversion on macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X Mavericks, etc.

Step by Step to Transcode Unsupported Media Files for Samsung 2017 UHD TV Playing

Step 1: Load unsupported media files into the application.

Download the free trial version of the program. Launch it on your computer. Click "File" menu and select "Add Video/Audio" or click the "Add Video" button on the top tool bar to import unsupported digital video files into the program. For loading Blu-ray or DVD disc, Insert your Blu-ray or DVD disc into your computer's optical drive , hit "File" > "Load from disc" option.

Load unsupported Blu-ray/DVD/video files

Step 2: Define the output format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select to output Samsung 2017 UHD TV supported file formats listed above. Here, we choose to output one of its compatible 4K file formats such as "H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4)" under "Common Video" main category.

Output Samsung 2017 UHD TV supported 4K formats

Tips: Click "Settings" on the main interface to open "Profile Settings" window, here, you can flexibly choose or specify exactly the profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality for Samsung 2017 UHD TV.

Adjust output profile settings

You can also select to directly output Samsung TV preset profile formats with the optimal playback settings listed below:

Samsung TV preset profile formats

Step 3: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the "Convert" button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin incompatible media types to Samsung 2017 UHD TV playable digital file formats and settings conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click "Open Output Folder" icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files. Then follow the steps listed below to transfer converted files to an external USB drive for viewing on Samsung 2017 UHD TV.