Xbox One Can't See/Play MKV files? The Soution

If you have trouble in playing some MKV files in Xbox One, you'd better convert MKV to Xbox One fully compatible formats for a great visual experience.

"I can't play MKVs on my Xbox One - On my Xbox one, the only media player is "media player preview". I can browse to my NAS and it even shows art for all my movies but if I try to play one, it says can't play, the item is encoded in a format that's not supported. Does this mean my system has not gotten the October update yet? I checked in preferences and there are no available updates."



Just like most people, maybe you're also hoping that Xbox One can support the MKV files very well. That's because an MKV is an outstanding container with Blu-ray quality. The good news is that Microsoft has improved its support of MKV, so you can enjoy it right away just like other common formats. However, you may have encountered varies problems during the playback, such as the subtitles don't appear or can't open the files at all. Well, how can you play those incompatible MKV files on Xbox One then?


Best Solution:

The perfect solution is that you need to convert the MKV files to Xbox One's supported formats, and then transfer the converted files via the DLNA server. Now there is a powerful tool to help you on this. That's the EaseFab Video Converter. With it, you can convert any video including MKV, AVI, VOB, MP4, FLV and more to a fully compatible format with Xbox One. The most important point is that the program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. If you're using a Mac, please turn to the Mac version, which can help you transcode and stream MKV files to Xbox One without any trouble on Mac OS X (E1 Capitan and Yosemite included). Now download the right version and follow the tips below to finish your task.

Simple steps to convert MKV to Xbox One compatible formats

Step 1. Run the MKV to Xbox One converter on your PC or Mac, you can either click the Add Video button in the top-left hand corner of this interface or directly drag it from your computer to this program's left pane. If you have several MKV files, batch import can save you more time.



Step 2. Now click the "Profile" icon to reveal output panel, then move mouse cursor to "Game Hardware" category to Select Xbox One according your Xbox model as the output format.



Tip: By clicking the Settings icon, you can adjust video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc., in that way, you can take charge of the size and quality of the output files. In principle, the larger input values, the better output quality, but the corresponding larger file size.

Step 3. Press the big "Convert" button of to start the MKV to Xbox One conversion.

After the conversion is done, simply click "Open Folder" button to get the converted videos instantly. It's time to steam the converted MKV file to your Xbox to enjoy it.

How to Stream MKV and Other Videos to Xbox One/Xbox 360 on Windows and Mac

For Windows users: there are four ways to share the converted file to Xbox One/Xbox 360: Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server and Zune Software. Pluck just Windows Media Player 12 as an example. (Note: this method only applies to Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7) or 11 (Windows Vista))

Click the "Stream" menu of Windows Media Player and then select "Turn on media streaming";
Click "Turn on media streaming" in the pop-up dialog;
Name your media library and click "OK".

For Mac users: you have to use a third-party streaming solution to share the converted file to Xbox One/Xbox 360.