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Fix MKV Files and PowerDirector 16/15/14/13 Editing Issues

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Q: "Hey guys, I have a movie in MKV format that I import into PowerDirector 14 and then drag it into the timeline and only the video shows up in the timeline and no sound. Hope someone can help, Thanks!" Cyberlink PowerDirector is the fastest and most capable consumer-level video editing software for Windows around, and it's the first to support 360-degree VR footage. Whereas, some of you still have many editing issued when importing MKV Files to PowerDirector for editing , such as PowerDirector crashed, MKV files no audio, PowerDirect won't edit MKV files, etc. Fortunately, this post aims at fixing MKV Files and PowerDirector 16/15/14/13 editing issues . Read on to find out more. As a matter of fact, MKV is a container file format that can hold various codec video and audio files and subtitle streams in to one file. If the codec encoded with your MKV files are not compatible with PowerDirector, you won't edit and import MKV file on PowerDirector smoot...

MKV to Apple TV: How to Play MKV File on Apple TV 4K/4/3?

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Q: "My friends has sent me a lot of interesting videos in .mkv format. When I try to play these MKV files on my Apple TV 4 via a USB drive, an error message showed "error file". Anybody know why and how to solve my question? Thanks a lot!" Apple TV is a powerful streaming TV box that can receive digital data from a number of sources and stream it to a capable TV. And it's now up-to-date to support 4K HDR output. From it's official website, you can see it supports video formats in M4V, MP4 and MOV encoded with H.264 by default, your MKV files are not in the queue. That's why some of you won't play MKV files on Apple TV 4K/4/3 with ease. Here's the best MKV and Apple TV 4K/4/3 workflow and please keep on reading. MKV (Matroska) which is a container format like .mp4, .m4v, .avi or .mov that can hold video, audio and subtitle streams in to one file. To play MKV files on Apple TV 4K/4/3, you need to convert MKV to Apple TV compatible video/audi...

Insert Subtitles to MP4 Videos without Encoding

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Q: "I've a video library with .mp4 files and external .srt files. I'm satisfied with the audio and video quality of these very files, which makes me reluctant to re-encode any video just to add subtitles to these mp4 files . Is there any effective ways? Thanks in advance!" You must be upset to watch some mp4 videos in a different lauguage without subtitles, and can't catch up the video content. So, if you can insert some external subtitles to these mp4 videos by your own, how wonderful? Luckily, this tutorial will share some hints and mainly cover two pages on: Download external SRT subtitles or create your own subtitles; Insert subtitles to MP4 videos without encoding . Part One: Download External SRT subtitles or Create Your Own Subtitles If you don't have any .srt subtitles or would like to add your own words to the .srt subtitles displayed on screen. You can follow below two parts to get it. Download .srt subtitles:  You can put "movie ti...

[Solved] PS4 Pro Won't Play MP4 files with USB Drive

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Q:"I have some downloaded mp4 videos on my usb drive, when I try to open these mp4 files with my PS4 Pro for playback , showed an erorr message like can't read file. Can anybody tells why and how to solve? Thanks in advance!" Your PS4 Pro is not only a good game console, but also a multimedia player to play videos, photos, even Blu-ray and DVD discs. While, some of users still have playback issues like PS4 Pro won't play MP4 files , PS4 Pro can't read mp4/ mov files from usb, etc. Then how to solve? Luckily, this tutorial aims at solving MP4 and PS4 Pro playback issue in a simple way. Before we go any further, let't focus on which video/audio formats are supported by PS4 Pro? Details as below: PS4 Pro Supported Main video formats Format Container Video Codec Audio Codec MP4 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2 AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital) MKV H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Pr...