How to play MKV video on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6?


Does Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6 natively support MKV movies? If you are having problems playing MKV files on Mi 5/Mi 6, you may wish to read this post. It displays how to view MKV video on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6 fluidly.

How can I play MKV video on Xiaomi Mi 5 properly?
“I just added some new TV shows in .mkv format to my Xiaomi Mi 5. The video is perfect but there is no audio. Can anyone suggest any solution for this? I’ve tried most of the 3rd party apps (video players), but still no luck. It seems my Xiaomi is having some problem with this MKV format. Any ideas? Please help. Thanks!”

Your phone may be not compatible with the audio codec, since MKV files can have many different types of audio, even though the video is usual H.264. You can fix it by converting MKV files to MP4 files and that also saved a lot of hard drive space. Here’s how.

How to convert MKV files for playing on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6?

Here’s what you need
HD Video Converter
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Step 1: Run HD Video Converter as the best Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6 Video Converter. Click ‘Add File’ button to load source files that you want to convert. You can add multiple files into it at a time to do batch conversion.
solve MKV issues on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6

Step 2: Select output format for Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6
From ‘Profile’ list, navigate to ‘Android’ and opt ‘Xiaomi Note (*.mp4)’ as target format. This profile is also suitable for both Mi 5 and Mi 6.
convert MKV files for playing on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.

Step 4: Click ‘convert’ to start format conversion
As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the exported H.264 AAC MP4 files for playing on Xiaomi Mi 5/Mi 6 with optimal performance.

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