Inserting a USB flash drive into your Sharp TV's USB input will initiate the option of playback. Once you've worked the right magic to have your USB device and files detected, your photos, music, and video content is then organized into sections, and displayed in a plain but useable string of thumbnails across the screen. Supported files and unsupported files will both show up, so there's no way of knowing whether or not a video can be played back at all. For those people who have downloaded some movies from online with MKV file formats, you may often feel confused that your Sharp TV even can't recognize your USB storage devices or you can play certain MKV (1080P MKV, 4K H.265 MKV) files from USB on Sharp TV but fail to play other MKV files due to the unknown reasons. Never mind, the following article will illustrate those problems for you with helpful tips and solutions:
Why Sharp TV not recognize your USB storage devices
The usage for the USB port(s) on your Sharp television will depend upon the model. Check the manual or technical specifications online to determine if the USB port(s) that is on your television is for use by a service technician only or can be used for multi-media purposes. If the USB port on your Sharp TV is capable of reading the multimedia file type, to let the MKV file work properly on Sharp TV from USB, please follow the suggestions below:- Make sure the drive is formatted to FAT32
- Use a USB drive that is 8GB or less
- Make sure that the file is Sharp TV USB port readable file format
- Reduce the number of files on the drive being used
- Reduce the size of the file (if possible)
- Try multiple files of the same format to verify that the initial file was not corrupted
Convert 4K H.265 MKV for Sharp TV USB Playback
If your downloaded 4K H.265 MKV file does not work on your Sharp TV model, you can use a MKV conversion program such as Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, which can convert MKV files compressed with various different video/audio codec to Sharp TV supported file formats.Free download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate (Windows | Mac)
Tips: A lot of online search and testing shows that Sharp TV only supports to play MP4 file encoded with H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec. So for playing H.265 MKV and other unsupported video formats on Sharp TV via USB, you need to convert your videos to H.264 AAC MP4 via third-pary software.
If the MKV file is too large to fit on your 8GB usb drive, you can reduce its file size in various different ways. If you do not want to lose any file quality, you can split the large file into small parts by file size, count or length or trim to cut off unwanted parts to leave only your wanted segments. If you do not care too much about output video quality, you can try the following ways to compress MKV file with some quality lossage:
- Lower the output video resolution
- Lower the bit rate 20-50% of the default to get small files
- Lower the frame rate of the video to 15 or 10 fps can reduce the file size by as much as 1/2 or 2/3
Besides converting MKV to Sharp TV, you can also use the program to convert 4K H.265 MKV for playing on Sony TV, LG TV, Pansonic TV or Samsung TV. For Mac users, please download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac to get the job completed on Mac.
How to Convert and Compress MKV for Sharp TV USB Port Playback?
Step 1: Load MKV files into the MKV to Sharp TV Converter. Install and launch the Sharp TV video converter program on your computer, click "Add File" to load unsupported 4K H.265 MKV files into the program.
Step 2: Output Sharp TV playable formats.
From "Format" bar drop-down list, select Sharp TV playable "Sharp HDTV Video(*mp4)" under "HDTV" main category.
Tip: If your Sharp TV supported 4K resolution playback, you can choose 4K MP4 as output format.
Step 3: Compress large video for Sharp TV.
Split large MKV video
By clicking the "Split" icon on MKV to Sharp TV Converter main interface, you can launch the "Video Split" window. Checking "Enable" to enable it, and then you can split the file by file count, time length, or file size.
Lower resolution/bit rate/frame rate
Click "Settings" to open "Settings" window, you can change video resolution to a suitable file size, lower the bit rate 20-50% of the default to get small files or lower the frame rate to 15 or 10 fps.
Step 5: Begin the conversion process. After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom "Convert" button to begin the H.265 MKV to Sharp TV supported formats conversion, trimming and compression process. When the conversion is completed, you can have no problem to play H.265 MKV files on Sharp TV from USB drive.
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