3 Ways to Play AVI on Samsung TV

Date May 16, 2017 Author Catherine Category TV, Video Tips

Samsung TV is really a good assistant to play video, user can enjoy the high quality and wide screen. Have you suffered from the painful experience to play AVI on Samsung TV? Most users feedback that they can’t play AVI on Samsung TV, what’s happening? There are some reasons can cause this terrible condition, we have collected much data from online and do a arrangement, below will tell you the truth and introduce the best way to play AVI on Samsung TV.

Who Knows the Reasons that Why Can’t Play AVI on Samsung TV

Reason 1. Some user like to play AVI on Samsung TV via USB, However, you need to know that USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 is different, 3.0 is faster than 2.0. If the USB does not support AVI high speed data transmission, the AVI video playback is not smooth on Samsung TV.

Reason 2. AVI video holds many different video parameters, one of them is AVI video bitrate or frame rate, which will affect the video playback, if AVI video bitrate or frame rate is higher than Samsung TV acceptable standard, the AVI playback on Samsung TV is not so happy.

Reason 3. This is the biggest murderer which cause users fail to play AVI on Samsung TV, AVI is a video container which can hold different video and audio codec, Samsung TV only plays AVI encoded with Divx 3.11/4.x/5.x/6.1, XviD, H.264 BP/MP/HP, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, Motion JPEG. If AVI some codec is not supported by Samsung TV, what a pity, you have to convert AVI to Samsung TV supported video codec.

Best Solution for Playing AVI on Samsung TV

In fact, this issue is not difficult, you can have a try Pavtube iMedia Converter which is a professional video converter, you can convert AVI to Samsung TV supported video formats, like: MP4, MOV, MPEG, etc. Also you don’t worry about the video and audio parameters, this software have preinstalled all the settings for you. For safety reason, you also can set these video parameters by yourself, such as: video resolution, video bitrate, video codec, audio channels,etc.

Just watching common AVI video on Samsung TV is too regrettable, so perfect Samsung TV, you can choose better video for better enjoyment. This software can realize the goal, you can choose HD AVI video which resolution is up to 1080p. Want to experience the 4K Video? You can choose to upscale AVI to 4K video, such as: 4K H.265 MP4, 4K H.265 MKV, H.264 4K MP4.

Best of all, you can enjoy the free 3D video from AVI file, you can convert AVI to 3D MP4, AVI, MOV, etc, amazing! If you want to know more information about this software, you can read this review. By the way, Windows operating system is also supported by this software.

Step by Step to Convert AVI to Samsung TV Compatible Format

Step 1. Load AVI video

Install and launch videos to AVI video converter on your computer, click “File” > “Add Video/Audio” to load AVI video files to the program. Due to the high stability and advanced technology, you can realize AVI video batch conversion.

NOTE: You must put all the AVI video in a file, then you can click the “Folder” button to batch load multiple video files into the program.

Step 2. Choose AVI to Samsung TV Supported Formats

This step is easy to do: Click “Format” bar, from its drop-down list, there are many video category, like: Common Video, HD Video, 3D Video, even you can choose some TV and some portable devices name, then choose the matched video formats for Samsung TV. For example: You can choose H.264 HD Video from "HD Video".

TIP 1: Set Video Parameters

If you are familiar with video related parameters and know the Samsung TV supported video related parameters, you can click "Setting" to adjust the video codec, audio codec, video frame. video parameters, video resolution, etc.

TIP 2. Edit Video Effects

This software provides the basic video editing features, you can cut off unwanted commercials from source video by "Trim", you can remove the black bars and adjust the play fields by "Crop", you also can adjust volume, brightness, saturation, resolution or apply artistic visual effects to movies and so on. More features are waiting for you.

Step 3. Start Video Conversion

After all the settings are finished, you can go to the main interface and click “Convert” button to start the magic video conversion process, just wait for a while, you can get a brand new video files. When you are waiting for the result, you can watch the video at the preview window.

3 Ways to Play Conveted AVI on Samsung TV

When you get the converted AVI video, final step is to play video on Samsung TV, following introduce 3 ways, you can choose one to watch converted AVI video on Samsung TV.

Way 1. Transfer AVI video to TV via USB

First, you need to place the USB plug into the port available either on the front, side or back of your computer, the detailed USB location is decided your PC configuration.

Secondly, connect the opposite end of the cord into Samsung TV. Most of TV USB USB port is located on the back or side of the television. 

Finally, turn on the Samsung TV and your computer. Using the Samsung TV remote, choose the analog channel recommended for viewing a computer screen in your television owner’s manual.

Way 2. Transfer your video to TV via AV Cable

Most TV can provides the following AV cables, like: An HDMI to HDMI cable, A VGA to VGA cable, An S-video to RCA and A DVI to VGA cable. You can refer to this article to connect PC to Samsung TV with AV cable.

Way 3. Transfer your video to TV via WiFi

Samsung TV can support Wifi function, you can stream AVI video online and watch video on Samsung TV, but you must set up Wifi well. This way is really convenient. If your internet speed is slow, you can choose other ways to do.

In general , this complicated issue is solved, first, you can download this AVI video converter, then convert AVI to Samsung TV supported video formats, finally, play AVI on Samsung TV from above 3 ways. For Windows version, user can refer to here. Hope you can enjoy AVI video on your Samsung TV smoothly.