Smart TV Wont play MKV files via linkstation

[sirmontal]

Hi all

 

I have purched the linkstation quad and have installed a 500gb hardrive in it.  I also have a samsung smart tv es8000 (current model) and it plays all file formats ive thrown at it including MKV files via allshare.

HOwever, now that i want to play the same movie files through the linkstation, it either doesnt play it at all saying 'unsupported file type' or it has played 1 mkv file but it doesnt have sound.

 

Im a bit of a newbie to this all so please help and if possible, explain in laemans terms :)

 

Thx

S

[sirmontal]

Thanks very much for the reply.

 

IS there another NAS product that does play MKV files?

[steveianson]

I do not have never had any problems with .MKV files on my LG 47W659T 3D TV. 

[jonathanjackson]

Smart TV Wont play MKV files via linkstation

 

I have a new Samsung 7 series LCD TV and just purchased an LS-X2  NAS drive

and also just upgraded the firmware to 1.64

 

My reason for the purchase was to stream mainly mkv files to the tv which I have been doing for a while without problems from an external usb hdd

as soon as I try to access the same mkv videos on the nas drive, the tv says unsupported file and thinks it to be a video/x-matroska where as from the usb hddit thinks it is a video/x-msvideo and works fine.

The NAS drive media server needs to reinterpret the file format. How can I achieve this

Cheers

JBJ

[monica66]

Refer to: http://brorsoft.com/device-tips/stream-play-mkv-from-nas.html

[julietzhu520]

i have read a similar guide here for your reference:

http://home-movies-cracks-editing.jimdo.com/2016/07/13/lg-tv-won-t-import-and-open-mp4-resolved/

[Texturtle]

This is not on the NAS side. My Samsung will play MKV files from a TeraStation with no problem. The media player on my Roku can't decode the audio stream. This is on the decoder, not the NAS.

[MiG174]

not the NAS.

100%,
my Samsung LT27B750 (model 2012) and UE48H6350 (model 2014) no problem.

[jonathanjackson]

Password reset LS-XL Any help out there.
My nas drive works fine sharing mp3 files with my Sonos 5 but today I wanted to make use of the ftp server with cameras but my username and password and not working. Very strange. Is there a way to reset it. I know the username is admin. 
Thanks