[Digital Moe]

So I got my new phone yesterday and I am loving it apart from the hoops I am having to jump through to get music and video on to the device.

I know until some dev comes up with a app to play back mkv files we will have to convert them or at least change the container. So I used mkv convert which works fine on videos for my Surface but on the Nokia I get a codec error. So I tried put these on the phone using the Nokia convert option but that is actually converting the file which is far too long and not not a ideal work around. Anyone have any suggestion on changing the wrapper around the mkv file so it plays back as a mp4?

[chrgeorgeson]

What software have you been using? I always used handbrake but admittedly never really used it for my phone.

[Digital Moe]

I only really had a quick play with Handbrake but that to tried to convert the file rather change the container (maybe I need to look again). On my Surface I can use a app called MKV Converter and it takes about 30 seconds to convert a TV show but the same app doesn't seem to work on the Lumia.

[dogfish54]

Have you tried using the windows phone app (beta) to sync once the files are converted.

I generally don't watch the same content on my tv AND phone, so I have been using the smaller .avi files for my phone and the larger .mkv files for consumption on my TV.

Hopefully we'll get a VLC-like app soon and all this will be behind us.

[Digital Moe]

Well this is just odd the ones I converted for my surface actually do work on the Lumia as well must be something about the files I tried today.

[lucas.scott]

Something to think about:

I do not have a 920, but i have an 8x - and my friend here at work has a 920. We both have large media libraries. This of course wont work for local media on the device. But we have been using Plex for quite some time and its glorious. Transcodes 1080p MKV on the fly. Your server of course has to be on and running at all times at the house. Bust most peoples Desktop PCs do that anyway. I can see where it would be a problem for someone that didnt have unlimited data or wifi access. Just a thought.

[Digital Moe]

I am a local media kind of guy and don't want to deal stop start buffering plus I would blow through my data far too quickly.

[Squadromeo]

The link above will probably work very well. I use something similar from Aimersoft: Video Converter - Convert Video in Windows (Windows 8) | Aimersoft

[easonjoy01]

I got many mkv videos and want to play them on Nokia Lumia 920, tried many softwares to transfer the mkv videos to Nokia Lumia 920 , but of low quality, after searched and tried many tools, i found UFUSoft Video Converter Ultimate is a great tool to convert all my mkv files to mp4 for lumia 920. This arcle helps me.

Convert MKV/HD MKV To Nokia Lumia 920 | UFUSoft

[realwarder]

All this product spam... use Handbrake.fr for free. Best video conversion tool out there.

[cherry198810]

So I got my new phone yesterday and I am loving it apart from the hoops I am having to jump through to get music and video on to the device.

I know until some dev comes up with a app to play back mkv files we will have to convert them or at least change the container. So I used mkv convert which works fine on videos for my Surface but on the Nokia I get a codec error. So I tried put these on the phone using the Nokia convert option but that is actually converting the file which is far too long and not not a ideal work around. Anyone have any suggestion on changing the wrapper around the mkv file so it plays back as a mp4?

For me, Nokia Lumia 920 is not a real big screen to play videos, but I still struggled to put some videos files like MKV, AVI files to the phone. As you mentioned, .mkv is not a friendly format for Lumia. So, we need reformat these files first. I got the solution Fast convert .mkv files to Nokia Lumia 920 MP4 format via google searching. I tired the way and found the video convert app it recommend also supports inputs like AVI, WMV, FLV, VOB, MPG, etc files. It makes the videos enjoyment on Lumia 920 easier.

[sonyjoshua]

You can try 'Format Factory' software (free) to convert all your files to any format.

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.
Provides functions below:
All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file.
MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
Supports RMVB,Watermark, AV Mux.

Format Factory's Feature:
1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
2 Repair damaged video and audio file.
3 Reducing Multimedia file size.
4 Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats.
5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
6 DVD Ripper.
7 Supports 62 languages

OS requirements: All Windows OS

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[ShocWave]

Yxplayer: Yxplayer WP8 | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (Canada)
Plays MKV and almost every audio and video format under the moon. It cost $4.49 with no free trial.

I've made a short review of it here since nobody has ever heard of it for some strange reason.