What formats does it play (.avi, .mkv)?
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I am not sure what all it does but does have TV, DVD, SD & USB! Hope this helps!
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Plays: DVD/DVD-R/DVD- R W/VCD/SVCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/JPEG/CD+G Plays Mpeg 4, Xvid, AVI, MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX Certified
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I tried an mp4 this morning to test it for you and it said unrecognized. The menu options seem to indicate pictures and music only.
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Cant really say,but convert all your videos to MPEG format it's big but it will play.
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This player will play both formats ntsc (USA) and pal (European) So far it's played anything I've put in it. Try one you'll like it.Ken
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Avi yes, mkv and mp4 no, however the movie clips must be small to view ok, otherwise is working with stopage.
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Roku 2 XS most certainly does support MKV and MP4. The down side is that there's currently a bug (or oversight) that makes it display all your videos in date order instead of alphabetical order.
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It does however mkv's movies will not work on fat32 If you have good computer you can install plex server and it will stream it to ps3 or any dlna supported device.Thats what I currently do is stream my library with plex media server and I can also access any where with internet on iphone or android
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No. It's a good video file player and my friend loves it. You might need to search for a new firmware update on the net to make it play MKV tho as it has difficulty out of the box doing that. Hope that helps you.
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For MKV, that depends on the files. Video files are more complex than what filename extension they use. The MKV vidoes would need to meet certain requirements, one of which is to be H.264. http://support.roku.com/entries/423946-What-media-file-types-does-the-Roku-Media-Player-channel-support-Roku does not support the (outdated) AVI format directly. You could transcode (convert) them yourself or use a media server (like Plex, Media Browser, or MyMedia) to do it on-the-fly as needed. You could also look at the WD TV devices, which prioritize support for media on connected storage.http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2698/~/list-of-compatible-media-file-types-for-all-wd-tv-and-wd-elements-play-products For MKV, that depends on the files. Video files are more complex than what filename extension they use. The MKV vidoes would need to meet certain requirements, one of which is to be H.264. http://support.roku.com/entries/423946-What-media-file-types-does-the-Roku-Media-Player-channel-support-Roku does not support the (outdated) AVI format directly. You could transcode (convert) them yourself or use a media server (like Plex, Media Browser, or MyMedia) to do it on-the-fly as needed. You could also look at the WD TV devices, which prioritize support for media on... » Read More For MKV, that depends on the files. Video files are more complex than what filename extension they use. The MKV vidoes would need to meet certain requirements, one of which is to be H.264. http://support.roku.com/entries/423946-What-media-file-types-does-the-Roku-Media-Player-channel-support-Roku does not support the (outdated) AVI format directly. You could transcode (convert) them yourself or use a media server (like Plex, Media Browser, or MyMedia) to do it on-the-fly as needed. You could also look at the WD TV devices, which prioritize support for media on connected storage.http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2698/~/list-of-compatible-media-file-types-for-all-wd-tv-and-wd-elements-play-products « Show Less
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Yes, you can play any MPEG encoded movies, Windows AVI format movies from this drive.
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iburned a mkv file to a DVDR. when i tried to play it, the LG 570 displayed it is a "data disk" and then showed the opening menu. what am I doing wrong?
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Yes this tv plays MKV files, and a lot more. If your computer has (intels i3, i5, i7) the you can buy the NETGEAR PTV2000 DIGITAL HD MEDIA STREAMER. This lets you copy what's on your computer to your tv.
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I have very positive experiences from using GOM player in playing many different media formats. It automatically find codecs and everything. Perhaps you should give it a try for the new AVCHD format also.
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I don't know, but I own the player, and it has no problem with a surprisingly wide variety of files. DVD .iso's are no problem, and neither are video_TS folders. Sometimes I don't get audio on .mkv files (I understand these usually result from blue ray ripping) but then I just convert the file to. mp4 or .avi. If this causes quality to go down, I can't see any difference. In short it's a good player. The only caveats the remote is hard to use; the menues are hard to read; and I had to downgrade the firmware to get it all going.
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Works very well for me. I have tried mkv, avi, and mp4 with no problems at all. Only issue I have is if it is a blu-ray "backup" it will not play that. Any other "backup" from standard dvd's plays perfectly. I have been very pleased with the quality of this device in all aspects other than the blu-ray backups. Hope this helps.
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Good question, I was looking for that question and saw yours. I have a 500GB that I assume is no problem. I have read it plays some AVI files and not others, depending on codec.