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The model number of the TV is UN46EH5300FXZA. It has the Allshare feature and works as an awesome TV. But when I go to access my anime files such as gg's release of Attack on Titan (which is an MKV file) it says the file cannot be read.

Hi

You should update ums to 3.4.1 !

Already updated to 3.4.1. I'll update the dbg tonight.

According to my experience, the Samsung TV may refuse to play some of these MKV files with an unhelpful audio codec error message displaying right on your screen. In fact, MKV is just a container format, holding video, audio, image or subtitle files in it. The video and audio files in different MKV files can be encoded with different codecs. For example, an MKV file with DTS audio can't be rendered on Samsung TV. To fix the problem, you need to convert MKV to a fully compatible format with Samsung TV.

Here is a workaround for you: http://www.idealshare.net/video-convert ... v-mkv.html

grabbetterlife wrote:According to my experience, the Samsung TV may refuse to play some of these MKV files with an unhelpful audio codec error message displaying right on your screen. In fact, MKV is just a container format, holding video, audio, image or subtitle files in it. The video and audio files in different MKV files can be encoded with different codecs. For example, an MKV file with DTS audio can't be rendered on Samsung TV. To fix the problem, you need to convert MKV to a fully compatible format with Samsung TV.

Here is a workaround for you: http://www.idealshare.net/video-convert ... v-mkv.html

The main mission of UMS is to convert the files on the fly for the renderer (ie Samsung TV) to play it seamlessly, so preconverting the file goes against what UMS is made for. I suggest you work with the config files and logs to make sure the offending MKVs are processed properly and then contribute back any changes on the profile to the community.

Well, I think you might need to convert MKV DTS to MP4 AC3, or other supported formats by Samsung Smart TV.

I highly recommend Avdshare Video Converter
can easily convert MKV to Samsung TV with only three clicks: import the MKV files, set the output format, and start to convert.You can get it at http://www.avdshare.com/mkv-to-samsung-tv-converter

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Algazero, Your log is not useful.
You need to produce your log only after having tried the MKV or other movies/series that give you issues.

I'm curious, and wondering why you use a so old UMS version ?

this original post was done quite some time ago. Now I'm up to date with the release and sadly this one is not picking up my ps3, samsung TV, or my ps4.