Watch H.265/HEVC videos on Windows 8.1 tablets

In this post you can learn the way to play H.265/HEVC videos on Windows 8.1 tablets, free try the best H.265 video converter for Windows 8.1.

HEVC was designed to substantially improve coding efficiency compared to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC HP, that is to say, to reduce bitrate requirements by half with comparable image quality, at the expense of increased computational complexity. Up to now, new hardware devices will need time to support the new codec. In this article, we will talk about some tricks for watching H.265/HEVC videos Windows 8.1 tablets perfectly.

To enjoy H.265/HEVC videos on Windows 8.1 tablets with no lag, you have one more thing to do: to convert video to Windows 8.1 accepted formats like MP4 format. To achieve the goal effortlessly, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended, which can provide the ultimate H.265/HEVC viewing experience for everyone!

Developed with the most advanced converting technology, this upgraded professional H.265 Video Converter truly and fully supports input and output H.265 videos. With it, you can freely decode your H.265/HEVC videos in batch for watching, wherever you like, such as playing 4K video on tablets, phones and TV. And it is also easy to create H.265/HEVC video from non-H.265 videos. Download the tool and follow a simple guide.

Converting and playing H.265/HEVC videos on Windows 8.1 tablets

Step 1. Add video files to the program

Launch the H.265 Video Converter and add videos in the following two ways: 1> Click Add button to choose video files from your hard drive for converting. 2> Directly drag the movies you want to convert to the left item bar. To save your time, you can add multiple files for converting at a time since batch conversion is well supported.



Step 2. Decide output video format

Click "Format" bar, you can get optimized videos for your surface under "Windows > Windows 8 Tablet H.264 Video (*.mp4)". The output video fits on Windows 8.1 Tablets perfectly.



Step 3. Start Windows 8.1 H.265 conversion

Finally click on “Convert” button to start converting H.265/HEVC to MP4 for Windows 8.1 Tablets.

More features of the H.265 Video Converter:

1. Merge- If you want to combine several clips into one, please tick the box “Merge into one”.

2. Settings-> The default settings may not satisfy you, and you can click the settings button to change the settings by yourself including video resolution, bit rate, audio sample rate, audio channel etc. for full screen playback smoothly or select the corresponding device as the output format.

3. Edit -> Before the conversion, you can edit your videos by trimming, cropping, adding watermarks, inserting subtitles and more to get the exact effect and feel you want. (Click the Edit button to open the video editing window, where you can perform the operations.)

4. Besides H.265 video, you can rip Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy to Windows 8.1 tablets for enjoying.

Once the format compatibility problems have been solved, you can transfer the converted videos to your Windows 8.1 tablets for viewing on the move. Have fun!

Play Youtube video on Surface Pro 3 Tablet Not on PC

This post will give you the easiest solution to convert downloaded YouTube Videos to Surface Pro 3 for playing, so that they can enjoy them anywhere without internet connection.

The new Surface Pro 3 is far more better than the first and second generations. Although not as thin as Surface Pro 3, Microsoft Pro 3 is equipped with full-size USB 3.0 port, microSD card reader, 9-hour long battery life, Mini DisplayPort and stereo speakers with Dolby Audio-enhanced sound. All are designed for an unmatchable HD movie enjoyment.

But if your source videos are some online ones like YouTube, you may encounter a network connection matter. That is to say, when you are in some places without network, it must be a torment for you to play your YouTube online video. So it must be a nice choice to download youtube video first, and then play downloaded youtube videos on Surface Pro 3 for playing

In view of this, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is the best tool you can rely on. It is a professional YouTube Video Converter, which gives you ability to deal with all Standard Definition, 1080P High Definition and 4K Ultra High Definition resolution videos from YouTube and enable you to convert them to Surface Pro 3 supported format. What's more, it performs faster and supports more variety of source formats than over-majority competitors on market. Even TiVo recordings, Blu-ray, DVD disc can be converted/rippered to Surface Pro 3.

In case that you run a Mac computer, download iMedia Converter for Mac and follow the steps above for converting downloaded youtube video to Microsoft Surface Pro 3 for playback.

Step 1. Drag and drop your downloaded video from Youtube to the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate.



Step 2. Click the pull down menu at the opposite side of "Format", and then choose "Windows > Microsoft Surface Window RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" format.



Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start compressing downloaded youtube videos to Surface Pro 3 friendly format and size.

And you can preview and customize output file size. To do this, click on "Settings" button. In the pop-up Profile Settings window you can find set settings and check task details.

When youtube video to Surface Pro 3 conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to find generated videos. Now you can transfer the converted files to Surface Pro 3 and enjoy youtube videos on Surface Pro 3 without internet connection.

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• How can I play and open WLMP project file on Surface Pro 3?  

Can Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 play MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) movies?

Can’t find a MPG player app for your Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2? Here is an alternative way- Convert MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) to Surface playable format.

“I can view H.264 MP4 or 3GP videos directly on my Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, but I can’t seem to find a player that will play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 encoded videos on it. I have downloaded and tried at least 5 different media players, and none of them will play my MPG files correctly. Am I doing something wrong?”

MPEG refers to a set of standards created by the Moving Picture Experts Group. MPEG-1 is a video and audio compression format, used in Video CDs. MPEG-2 specified 2 container formats, ts and ps. And MPEG-4 is a form of MPEG encoding.

Why MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) won’t play on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2?

The reason you cannot view MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) videos on Surface 2/Pro 2 is simple: the default and downloaded player on Windows 8.1 tablets cannot find a suitable decoder for the file.

Easiest Solution:

To enjoy MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, you have to install a MPG Converter on your computer to convert MPG to Surface friendly H.264 MP4 for playing.

Here Pavtube Video Converter can help you to import MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG or MPG to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 with the best output quality. This MPG to Surface Converter not only could convert MPG to Surface 2/Pro 2, but also trims and splits MPG videos to meet your needs. Follow the tutorial and start converting.

Part one: Convert MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 compatible format

1. Import mpg video

Free Download Pavtube Video Converter(Mac version is Video Converter for Mac), install and run it on your computer. You can click the top left two icons to choose import individual videos or the entire folder. Drag-and-drop is also supported.



2. Set up the output parameters

Click “Format” bar, you can choose “Format > Windows > Microsoft Surface Window RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)“. The preset is specially designed for Playbook but the output videos could fit on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 perfectly.



Then click "Browse" button to specify the output path for the converted files. What's more, it is available to click the "Setting" button to set other output parameters as your need.

3. Start the conversion.

After set up all the parameters, the last step to convert MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 is to press the "Convert" button to start the conversion.

Part Two: Transfer MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

Connect your Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 with computer. Open the output path specified for the converted files, and transfer the converted videos to your Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 .

With this MPG to Surface Converter, conversion of MPG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4) to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 is so easy, and you could enjoy your MPG videos on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 anytime and anywhere.

Tips:


1. Pavtube Video Converter supports batch conversion, so you are able to add multiple MPG files to the program at a time. It will save you much time, but here I suggest 3-8 files is OK for the stable and fast conversion.

2. You are also free to convert most video formats, such as MKV,WLMP, ASF, AVI, etc, to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 using Pavtube Video Converter and could also rip Blu-ray ISO to Surface tablets.

Get ASF video be played on Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3?

Follow this simple tutorial to learn how to convert and play ASF video files on Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3 without format limitations.

ASF ("Advanced Systems Format", or formerly "Advanced Streaming Format") is a Microsoft streaming format associated with Windows Media Player. The format does not specify how (i.e. with which codec) the video or audio should be encoded; it just specifies the structure of the video/audio stream. This is similar to the function performed by the QuickTime, AVI, or OGG container formats.

To play ASF files you make on Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3 at anytime anywhere and share them with your friends at your fingertips, you can follow the simple steps below. I mean you may have to convert the ASF to a Surface playable format (e.g. MP4) by Surface Tablets on your Windows PC.

Here Pavtube Video Converter is considered as the most ideal tool to convert ASF to Surface Tablet acceptable videos with flawless video quality and quick conversion speed. The mac version is Video Converter for Mac.

Tutorials: How to convert ASF to MP4 for Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3?

Step 1: Run this Pavtube Video Converter; add ASF videos.

You can choose to import videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons.



Step 2. Choose format.

Click "Format" bar and move mouse to "Windows" column, you can easily find the profile of "Windows > Microsoft Surface windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as the best profile for SSurface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3.The output videos could fit on your device perfectly. And choose the destination folder to save the converted videos.



Step 3. Customize video specs (Optional).

Click "Settings" to free change video resolution, bitrate(quality), frame rate and other settings. Note that if you need to get videos in smaller size, you are suggested to turn down bitrate settings; the generated video size could also be found in this window.

Step 4. Start Conversion.

You can hit the big red "Convert" to start converting ASF videos to MP4 with best video settings for Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3. After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in the conversion window, or "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Now, you can transfer ASF to Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3 for smooth playback without any problem. Enjoy your digital life!

P.S. Pavtube Video Converter also enables or add external subtitle, crop and trim videos, merge multiple videos, adjust parameters by clicking the "Edit" button and take snapshot.




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• Rip Blu-ray ISO movies to Surface Pro 3 for smooth playback
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How can I play and open WLMP project file on Surface Pro 3

Want to play and open WLMP project file on Surface Pro 3? Now read this article which will help you find a way out to convert WLMP to Surface playable format.

Why won't a .wlmp file play on Surface?

Someone shot a video and burned it to a DVD in the .wlmp format. Why can't I view this DVD on my Surface 2? Then is it possible to play wlmp on the upcoming Surface Pro 3? What player do I need to download to play a .wlmp file? Do I have to convert this file type to something else? If so, to what & how do I do that?

Best answer:

WLMP is not a movie file. It's the Project file which is only useful for re-editing in Live Movie Maker. And it cannot be played outside of Live Movie Maker. For sharing and playing in Windows Media Player, you should save the file as a movie in the WMV format at first.

In fact, it’s dead easy following the detailed guide below to solve all the headache and time-consuming issues. 
Easy way to play and open WLMP project file on Surface Pro 3

Step 1: Save WLMP project file as video format

For Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista users :

• Click the Movie Maker button to open Windows Live Movie Maker
• Click the menu “File -> Open Project” to open *.WLMP file
• Click “File -> Save movie” to save WLMP project file as a video file

In Windows Live Movie Maker 2012, exporting WLMP project file to video format extends from WMV to MP4. You can save WLMP files to WMV or MPEG-4 H.264 Video in High-definition 1080p or 720p, Widescreen (480p), or Standard-definition.

For Mac OS X users:

There is no other option to export WLMP file to video on Mac but to export WLMP file on Windows 7 or Windows XP in Windows Live Movie Maker.

Tips:

It is finished, if you only want to convert WLMP project file to MP4 for viewing.

But if your Windows Live Movie Maker can't create mp4 files, or you are a mac user, or even you want to convert WLMP to other video formats like AVI, MOV, VOB, MPEG-2, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, Surface Pro 3, etc., just continue the following steps.


Step 2: Launch WLMP Converter

Free download the professional WLMP Converter – Pavtube Video Converter which is highly recommended. The mac version is Video Converter for Mac. Download it and follow the tips below to finish the WLMP conversion.

As you can see, you can finish your task in three simply steps:

1. Click Add Files to loaded the exported WLMP WMV videos to the program.



2. Click Output Format to bring up the drop-down menu of the format list and select Surface Pro 3 preferable video format "Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as the output format.

3. Click the big Convert button to start converting WLMP to Surface Pro 3 supported mp4 format.

That's it. After the conversion, click Open Folder to locate the converted videos and transfer to your Surface Pro 3 for enjoying.

Tip: You can edit video and customize specs before conversion.

a. You can edit these videos before conversion by clicking the pencil-like icon on the top. Trim, crop, edit audio, add srt/ass/ssa subtitles and special effect are all supported in this edit window.

b. Back to main interface, you can click Settings to free customize video size, bitrate(quality), frame rate, sample rate and other specs.

Move/Put/Transfer MPG to play on Surface RT for my son when cleaning

This article tells Windows and Mac users how to move your MPG files to Surface RT with an easy-to-use video tool.

Q: I have a lot of MPG files and want to play them on Surface RT for my son watching when I’m cleaning. I have tried many software to transfer MPG files to Surface RT, but of low quality. Is there any other software to solve the problem perfectly and help me out?

Have you met this situation before? Because MPG is not a Surface-compatible format, if you want to transfer MPG files to Surface RT for watching, you have to use a third-party software tool. This article tells how to accomplish the MPG to Surface conversion using such a tool.

For windows users, you can download and install Pavtube Video Converter, while for Mac users, you can take a look at Mac version Video Converter for Mac. The MPG to Surface RT conversion process is very simple and with zero quality loss with the tools.

Step 1. Run the MPG files to the Pavtube Video Converter and load your source MPG files into it. Besides, the Pavtube Video Converter can also load your MPG folder. And if you want convert Blu-ray or DVD, You can turn to Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate.



Step 2. Open the drop-down format list, choose the “Windows>Microsoft Surface windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as the best Surface RT output format. Meanwhile, you can press “Settings” and change the video/audio partments.

Genrally, the higher birate you set, the video will be more clearer, the more space it takes.



Step 3. Hit “Convert” icon to convert MPG files to Surface RT, when the conversion is over, you can find the output files by clicking the “Open” icon. And then ,you can synic the converted MPG files to Surface RT.



Now, your son will enjoy the MPG files on Surface RT and you can do the cleaning carefully.

How to play MKV movies with DTS sound on Surface Pro 3

Do you want to know how to transcode and convert MKV with DTS sound to play on Surface Pro 3? This article will explains how to play MKV with DTS file on Surface Pro 3 with quickest and easieast way.

Surface Pro 3 is one of the hottest tablets now. It has a stunning 12” screen that helps you be productive. Why not make full use of this stunning tablet on your free time, which is definitely for watching videos on the go.

I am thinking about purchasing a surface pro 3, but I want to know if there are any apps that can play .mkv smoothly? Most of the apps seem to get bad reviews, and none of them are stellar reviews. I am also wondering if anyone knows about vlc for windows 8.1 pro, because I know vlc plays .mkv well. However, I am unable to get VLC to stream the DTS from any .mkv file. I oly get PCM sound. Thanks.

Do you have the similar confusion as the quoted words note? The reason you cannot get MKV videos working on Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is simple: MKV is a container which contains media streams(subtitles, audio, video, chapters), so, it' a bit hard for the default and downloaded player like Xbox Video on the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet to handle the format.

To make things easier, you may need to convert the MKV file to something that is within the Surface Pro 3’s compatibility to handle, such as H.264 MP4 format. Here is how.

Free Download and install the App: Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. It works well in converting MKV DTS videos to Surface Pro 3 supported video formats. The program is easy to use and produces excellent results. Conversion speed seems fine and the converted videos look decent on Surface Pro 3 as original. Just download it and follow the steps below to realize the way getting MKV mvoies with DTS Audio to play on Surface Pro 3 smoothly. The Mac version is iMedia Converter for Mac.

Step One. Add MKV videos to Surface Video Converter Ultimate.

Click "Add Video" icon to add your source mkv videos, or drag-and-drop them directly.



Step Two. Choose target video format.

Click the format bar and choose output format for Surface Pro 3, here "Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT H.264 Video (*.mp4)" is a good choice, which is a suitable format for Surface Pro 3.



Step Three. Customize video specs. (Optional)

Click "Settings" to open profiles settings window. Here you are able to customize video size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate(Hz)…all the specs can be fixed manually. A personal tip: the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality will be; and you will get videos in larger size.

Tips: DTS to AC3 5.1 Availability - Set advanced video and audio settings.

Click on "Settings" button, and the following window will pop up, which enables you to adjust video and audio parameters including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc. Here you set Audio codec as AC3, and adjust Audio sampling rate and Bit rate to fit your player. By the way, 5.1 sound is available in "Channels". I find that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

Step Four. Start Conversion.

Go ahead and click "Convert" button to get MKV with DTS Audio to Surface Pro 3 conversion started. After a while, you can find the generated file for mkv to Surface Pro 3 quickly via "Open" button.

Now sync the converted mp4 movies to Surface Pro 3 for convenient playback. In this way, you can enjoy your favorite MKV with DTS Audio on your Surface Pro 3 wherever you are.

More Tips and Solutions:

1. You can join several MKV files for Surface Pro 3 via checking the “Merge into one” box.
2. If you have a large MKV files and wanna split the video to several small parts, tap the Video Split icon on the main interface to make it.
3. To trim, crop and add special effects to your videos, just click the Edit button.
4. Other than converting MKV to Microsoft Surface Pro 3, this MKV to Surface Pro 3 converter can also rip Blu-ray, DVD movies and convert TiVo, MPG, MOD, FLV, VOB, AVI, etc to Microsoft Surface RT optimized MP4 video as well.

Convert FIFA World Cup AVI to Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, Surface Pro on Mac for enjoying

Find it hard to convert 2014 FIFA World Cup AVI videos for playing on Surface Pro 3, Surface pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, Surface Pro? Here you will find the best solution. 

When rocking and rolling, screaming, drinking, dancing, and singing to celebrate the winning of your supported footaball team at 2014 FIFA World Cup, you may wonder if it is possible to watch your downloaded World Cup AVI movies on Surface Tablet smoothly. The AVI format can't be supported by Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, Surface Pro, then how to play World Cup AVI video on Surface? What can you do?

 

Here is my experience.

I wanted to watch 2014 FIFA World Cup AVI on my girlfriend's Surface Pro. We both tried several times but couldn’t find a proper way to solve it. At this time, we happened to find a pretty good AVI to Surface converter on Mac– iMedia Converter for Mac.

Overall, this Video Converter Ultimate is excellent to BD/DVD/Video Converter for Mac users. For this software can convert my FIFA World Cup AVI videos fast and conveniently. If you’ve got some formats that can't be played by Surface Pro, I can use it to convert to best compatible format. Of course, the software not only benefits from Surface Pro, but also provides all kinds of different formats for various media players and portable devices like Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, etc.

Now, let me introduce the usage of the software.

How to convert and transfer FIFA World Cup AVI video to Surface on Mac

Preparation:

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac , a very easy-to-use video to Surface Mac converting program which comes with flawless video quality and quick conversion speed. Reach the Windows version here: Surface AVI Video Converter.

Tutorials: Converting World Cup AVI videos to Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, Surface Pro friendly format on Mac

Step 1: Load avi video files to this Mac AVI to Surface Converter

Download the Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac on your computer, install and run the program, add avi videos.

You can choose to import .avi videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons.



Step 2. Choose a proper format for Surface.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose " Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as the compatible MP4 preset with best video quality.



Step 3. Customize video specs for Surface (Optional).

You could also click the "Settings" to adjust the video and audio parameters of output files.



In the Video Settings, you can select Encoder, Frame Rate, Resolution (you could define it yourself according to your Surface tablet) and Bitrate for your movie.

In the Audio Settings, you can select Encoder, Channels, Bitrate and Sample Rate for your movie.

Step 4. Start World Cup AVI Videos to Surface Conversion on Mac.

You can hit the big red "Convert" to start converting World Cup Brazil AVI to MP4 with best video settings for Surface on Mac. After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in the conversion window, or "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Now, you can transfer your converted AVI videos to Surface for smooth playback without any problem. Now you can offline watching 2014 World Cup AVI Videos on Surface Pro 3, Surface pro 2, Surface 2, Surface RT, Surface Pro without loading error

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Convert MKV with DTS audio and subtitle to Surface Pro 2 supported video on Windows 8.1 Blue

To get Surface Pro 2 to play MKV movies with DTS Audio & Subtitles, you may have to convert MKV DTS to Surface Pro 2 compatible MP4 format. This article mainly introduces the easy way on Windows 8.1 Blue.

Most of the high quality movies are encoded with MKV files with h.264 video and dts audio, the problem is Surface Pro 2 can't support mkv wit dts audio, which is a multi-channel audio file type used in surrounding sound. Need help playing MKV videos with DTS Audio & subtitles? What app can I use on Windows 8.1 Blue?

As above quesions, you will find you can't view MKV with DTS Audio & Subtitles on Surface Pro 2, as the default and downloaded player on the Windows 8.1 Tablet cannot find a suitable decoder for the DTS Audio. To play a MKV movie with dts surrounding sound on an Surface Pro 2, you will need to convert the MKV file to something that is within the Surface Pro 2’s compatibility to handle, such as mp4 format. Here is how.

Free Download and install the App: Pavtube Surface Pro 2 Video Converter (20% off)
It works well in converting MKV DTS videos to Surface Pro 2 supported video formats. The program is easy to use and produces excellent results. Conversion speed seems fine and the converted videos look decent on Surface Pro 2 as original. Just download it and follow the steps below to realize the way getting MKV movies with DTS Audio & Subtitle to play on Surface Pro 2 smoothly on Windows 8.1 Blue.

• The Mac version is iMedia Converter for Mac.

Step One. Add MKV videos to Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate.

Click the top left icon to add your source mkv videos, or drag-and-drop them directly.

 

Step Two. Choose target video format.

Choose the Surface Pro 2 supported formats in the "Format" dropdown list. You can go to "Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" from "Windows" option to get Surface Pro 2 compatible format.

 

Step Three. Customize video specs. (Optional)

Click "Settings" to open profiles settings window. Here you are able to customize video size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate(Hz)…all the specs can be fixed manually. A personal tip: the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality will be; and you will get videos in larger size.

Tips: DTS to AC3 5.1 Availability - Set advanced video and audio settings.Click on "Settings" button, and the following window will pop up, which enables you to adjust video and audio parameters including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc.

Here you set Audio codec as AC3, and adjust Audio sampling rate and Bit rate to fit your player. By the way, 5.1 sound is available in "Channels". I find that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

Step Four. Start Conversion.

Go ahead and click "Convert" button to get MKV with DTS Audio & Subtitle to MP4 conversion on Windows 8.1 Blue started. After a while, you can find the generated file for iTunes quickly via "Open" button.

Now connect your USB drive and transfer them to your Surface Pro 2 for convenient playback. In this way, you can enjoy your favorite MKV with DTS Audio & Subtitle on your Surface Pro 2 wherever you are.

• How to Transfer Music, Video files to Surface 2

More Tips and Solutions:

1. For hard-coding MKV subtitles, just choose desired language from the drop-down box of “Subtitles”.

2. Having trouble with MKV Audios? Refer discussions of converting MKV DTS to AC3 for solutions.

3. Although Surface 2 supports a wide range of video/audio formats, there’s still some format limit. If you wanna play HD videos on Surface Pro 2 like MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD, TiVo, MPG, VOB, etc smoothly, you should convert these videos to Surface Pro 2 playable format in advance with Surface Pro 2 Video Converter.

Why Surface 2 suddenly stopped playing/supporting Flash video with flv/f4v file type?

Can't get Flash videos to Surafce 2 for playback on the go? Now find the easiest way in this article to convert Flash (FLV/F4V) to Surafce 2 supported videos.

Love them or hate them, Microsoft’s new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets might not be the slimmest on the market, but they’re a whole lot more portable than this 27ft wide and 17ft tall Surface 2 has just touched down in Trafalgar Square in London. We’re happy to report that battery life has been improved with the Surface 2, also it’s packing an even faster processor and higher resolution screen and it is definitely great to enjoy videos on Surafce 2 with 1080p resolution.



However, Surafce 2 does not support Flash yet. This makes users who want to play downloaded FLV/F4V videos on this Windows 8.1 Tablet: "I want to play flash video on Surface 2, can I install adobe flash player from the Windows Store for this Windows 8.1 RT Tablet?"

Adobe Flash is the technology that makes some video files and websites not work with Windows 8.1 devices, it is hard to find an app to see flash-only or flash-heavy videos and websites. And it is not easy to work with flash video faultlessly in this method. But we can put it this way: Surafce 2 natively doesn't support Flash video, but you can convert Flash (FLV/F4V) to iPad friendly formats like MP4 and then add the MP4 videos for playing on Surafce 2. It will be much easier! Here we go!

To accomplish this goal, you are highly suggested to try this Flash Video to Surafce 2 Converter, a professional tool to help you quick convert various video formats to Surafce 2's MP4 format with best video quality and simplest workflow. You can reach the Mac version here: Flash Video to Surafce 2 Converter for Mac.

• Surprise! Hurry up! Now you can Get 20% OFF discount on this Ultimate Converter for Surafce 2 at Pavtube Summer Holiday Big Deal!

Overall, the program is an all-in-one video conversion app right for you. Becides converting flash videos, it can shrink Blu-ray movies to Surface 2, rips DVD to Surface 2 Windows 8.1 optimized formats, and converts other videos to Microsoft Surface 2 Tablet (MKV, AVI, TiVo, MPG, VOB and more), everything can be transferred to your Tablet at ease.

Tutorial: How to transfer flash Video files to Surafce 2 for watching

Step 1. Run this FLV/F4V to Surafce 2 Converter; add flash videos.

You can click "Add Video" icon to load individual videos or the entire folder. Drag-and-drop is also supported.



Step 2. Choose Surafce 2 MP4.

Click the Format drop-down list, choose "Windows> Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" which works well for Surafce 2. Or you can choose other presets if you don't need full size videos.



Step 3. Customize video specs (Optional).

Your can click "Settings" to free change video size, bitrate, frame rate and others. If you own a 16GB tablet and do not want to keep videos in large size, you can lower the bitrate settings to get video in proper size.

Step 4. Start Conversion.

Now hit the big red "Convert" to start converting flash(flv/f4v) video to MP4 for Surafce 2. After conversion, you can click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted video.

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If you have any problem when enjoying videos on Surface tablet, just check out Microsoft Surface Column to learn more.

Can all AVI files playable on Microsoft Surface 2 Windows 8.1 RT Tablet

Want to transfer and play AVI video files on your Microsoft Surface 2? Check out this tutorial to get the easiest and best method.

Microsoft Surface 2 is a new tablet that comes to succeed last year's Surface RT.  With a slightly thinner and lighter design, the Surface 2 sport a much better 10.6" screen, upping the resolution from 1366 x 768 pixels to 1920 x 1080 pixels - a much-needed improvement, which we think is better for browsing the web, playing games and watching videos.

While, Surface 2 only plays videos it supported.  So I googled and I find Surface 2 supports a lot of media formats including:

Surpported Video: 

Formats: MOV, WMV, AVI, M4V, MP4, MTS

Codecs: H.264, H.263, Motion JPEG, MPEG-4(Part 2), VC-1, WMV 3(WMV 9), XviD, DivX

Compstible Audio: 

Formats: MPEG-4, MP3, ASF, ACC LATM, ACC LOAS, ADTS, WAV

Codecs: AAC, Dolby Digital, MP3, WMA, MPEG-1 Layer I, Layer II, MPEG-2, ULAW, PCM, ADPCM


Needless to say, AVI is not included here.  To watch AVI on Surface 2, you’d better convert your AVI to Surface 2 compatible format like MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 format. Now follow this article; you will learn how to accomplish this easily within a few clicks.

The tutorial about how to convert AVI to Surface 2 supported file format

To begin, free download Surface 2 Video Converter or Surface 2 Video Converter for Mac.

The software has a codec pack that enables conversion between different video and audio file formats, it can convert AVI, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPG, etc to Surface 2 supported file format such as mp4 with the best quality.

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1. You can get both with 20% off at Pavtube Christmas & New Year Huge Promotion.

2. If you have any requirements of outputting 3D (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, Anaglyph) in AVI/MP4/AVI/MOV/WMV formats, you are suggested to try this Video Converter Ultimate (Mac Verison: iMedia Converter for Mac) (Both are also 20% off)

Tutorials: Converting AVI videos to Surface 2 friendly format

Step 1: Load AVI video files to this Video to Surface 2 Converter

Download the Pavtube Video Converter on your computer, install and run the program, add videos.

You can choose to import videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons.

 

Step 2. Choose a proper format for Surface 2.

Click "Format" drop-down list and choose "Windows-> Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as the compatible MP4 preset with best video quality. Or you can choose other presets if you don't need full size videos.

 

Step 3. Customize video specs for Surface 2 (Optional).

If you are not satisfied with the default output video specs, click the "Settings" beside "Format" bar to enter Profiles Settings interface. Hit to adjust target video size, bitrate, frame rate and other settings here. Usually the higher bitrate you choose; the larger file size and better video quality it will be.  

Step 4. Edit source video or adjust target video settings (Optional) 

Pavtube Video Converter provides basic editing functions before conversion; you can enter the video editing window by hitting the pencil-like "Edit" icon on the top to free trim, crop, add watermark, edit audio and subtitles. 

 

Step 5. Start AVI Videos to Surface 2 Conversion.

You can hit the big red "Convert" to start converting AVI to MP4 with best video settings for Surface 2. After the conversion, click "Open output folder" in the conversion window, or "Open" in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Now, you can transfer AVI videos to Surface 2 for smooth playback without any problem.

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Add VOB movies to Surface Pro for smooth playback

The easiest Windows/Mac solution to convert VOB videos to Surface Pro for freely playback with best quality & fast speed . 

Surface Pro comes with a 10.6-inch capacitive touch screen and it runs Windows 8 Pro, , but it also runs all of your legacy Windows applications. When we got the Surface Pro, we may be interested in putting the VOB movies stored on our computer onto the Surface Pro for watching on-the-go, but we all know that the this Windows 8 Tablet won’t play VOB videos. 

 

VOB standards for "Video Object". It is a video format to store video on a DVD disc. Surface Pro only support to playback videos in MPEG-4, H.264, H.263, MEPG-2, VC-1, WMV 9 format. So, if we need to playback VOB videos on the Surface Pro, we should first convert VOB to the Surface Pro supported video formats. Here we go! 

To accomplish this goal, you are highly suggested to try this Video to Surface Pro Converter, a professional tool to help you quick convert various video formats to Surface Pro's MP4 format with best video quality and simplest workflow. 

• FYI: You can reach the Mac version here: Video to Surface Pro Converter for Mac. 

Note: If VOB files are still in your DVD discs, or in VIDEO_TS folder for Mac users, you need Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and iMedia Converter for Mac for help. It’s a package tool that can help you convert BD, DVD and kinds of common video files. 

Tutorial: How to transfer DVD VOB Video files to Surface Pro for watching 

Step 1. Run this VOB to Surface Pro Converter; add videos. 

You can click the top left two icons to choose import individual videos or the entire folder. Drag-and-drop is also supported. 

   

Step 2. Choose Surface Pro MP4. 

Click the Format drop-down list, choose " Windows>Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)” which works well for Surface Pro. 

   

Step 3. Customize video specs (Optional). 

Your can click "Settings" to free change video size, bitrate, frame rate and others. If you own a 16GB tablet and do not want to keep videos in large size, you can lower the bitrate settings to get video in proper size. 

Step 4. Start Conversion. 

Now hit the big red "Convert" to start converting VOB video to MP4 for Surface Pro. After conversion, you can click "Open output folder" to quick locate the converted video. 

• Read How to transfer media files to Surface Pro? 

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Flash Player for Surface RT- Convert flash video to Microsoft Surface RT

With an easy-to-use Surface Video Converter, you can easily convert and play downloaded flash video on Microsoft Surface RT Tablet. 

Surface RT is viewed as the major competitor of iPad 3 in tablet market. As the first tablet produced by the software tycoon, Microsoft Surface RT sports a 10.6-inch touch screen running at "1366x768", quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 32GB built-in memory, Windows RT system, 1.2-megapixel front facer and long-lasting battery.

If you have already downloaded loads of Flash videos from video sharing websites like YouTube or somewhere else, and intend to play those videos on your Surface RT tablet, you may wonder if is it possible to install flash player on Surface RT.

In fact you can find no less than two techniques to aid buyers enjoy Flash video using Surface RT not having Adobe Flash Player involved. One is definitely to set up Adobe Flash Player substitute on Surface and also the other happens to be to transfer Flash file for Surface RT. Hence, the two articles on watching Flash movie on Surface will be shown here.

The First Method: Mount Silverlight on Windows-powered Surface RT

As early as 2007, Microsoft company had decided to focus on an app that is able to function just as the same as Adobe Flash Player titled Silverlight. Created as an Adobe Flash Player alternative, Silverlight allows buyers to enjoy virtually all flash video files on Surface. Moreover, seeing as a Microsoft program, Silverlight may not simply entirely accessible for Surface but additionally pleasantly coordinate with Surface RT. Yet, this option to play Flash movie on Surface RT will not work faultlessly.

In fact, seeing as an immature product, you can find too many faults in Silverlight. Furthermore, the software giant’s option to give up Silverlight in the new web browser has meant that the app will not do better in aiding end users to observe Flash together with Surface than Adobe Flash can. On those grounds, different tactics to get pleasure from Flash file with Surface tend to be wanted.

Method Two: Convert FLV/F4V flash videos to Surface RT friendly MP4 format.

(In other words, that is to change the file extension from flash “.flv” or “.f4v” to “.mp4″ for watching flash on Microsoft Surface Tablets)

Requirements

Before anything else, you have to download an app that you are going to use later. You are required to download and install:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (available for Windows or for Mac users). Get the Windows version here, and the Mac version here.

Instructions

Support for multithreading and batch conversion, this Microsoft Surface Video Converter works perfectly on converting standard video formats (AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, FLV, etc.) and HD video formats ( HD MKV, HD H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HD MPEG-2, etc.) to Microsoft Surface Tablet acceptable video format. 

The audio/video synchronization is very good, the size of the subtitles too. The time it takes to convert in this software is almost half that in other. If you want to play flash on Surface RT, just take the program to help you.

1. Import Flash Videos into the program by clicking “Add video” or “Add from folder” icon to browse and load source flash files stored on your hard disk drive.

2. Click on “Format” menu, and choose “Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)” as target format from “Windows” profile option.

3. In the mean time, you can click “Settings” button to custom video and audio settings for well playback performance on your Surface tablet. Actually, the default settings can generate files that basically satisfy your general watching needs, so this step is optional.

4. Start the conversion.

Once the conversion is done, you can click “Open” button to get generated MP4 files for viewing on Surface.

P.S. If you have no idea about Surface file transfer, you can check out ‘The Ways Transferring Files to Your Surface‘ to learn more. 

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Converting MKV to MP4 videos for Surface RT/Pro smooth playback

If you have problems when playing (1080p/720p) MKV video on Surface Tablet, you can follow this way to convert MKV to MP4 videos for Microsoft Surface RT and Pro.

Both Microsoft’s Surface for Windows RT Tablet and Surface for Windows 8 Pro Tablet feature a large 10.6-inch HD screen which is definitely perfect for watching videos on the go. However, due to format limitation, sometimes you’ll find you can not play MKV files properly or missing audio when playing MKV videos on your Surface Tablet. Besides, there are lots of other formats (VOB, TiVo, MPG, etc.) that Surface does not support. Then what if you want to enjoy MKV videos on your Surface tablet effortlessly? Get frustrated? Here you’ll find the best explanation and solution.

Why some 1080p/720p MKV files won’t work on Microsoft Surface

MKV stands for MatrosKa Video. It is a very popular file format for High Definition video. Meanwhile, MKV is an open standard free container format, a file format can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. The reason you cannot successfully get some MKV videos playable on your Surface is quite simple: the default and downloaded player on the Microsoft Surface Tablet cannot find a suitable decoder for the codec in the MKV file. So you will meet problems such as audio and video out of sync, video without sound, or even can’t be played.

How to play MKV videos on Surface Tablet

As far as I know, an easy way to solve these problems is to convert MKV to something Surface RT/Pro can recognize. Along with some help from third-party software , you can finish you task effortlessly. Below I will take Pavtube Video Converter for an example to show you how to transfer MKV videos to Microsoft Surface for smoothly playback.

Free Download the Video Converter for Microsoft Surface



(Note: free download a dmg file for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users.)

Converting MKV to MP4 videos for RT/Pro Surface Tablet

1. Install and launch the Video Converter tool on your PC, click “Add Video” or “Add from folder” to import your source materials in .mkv format. Besides MKV, you can also load FLV, AVI, WMV, VOB, TiVo, MPG, MOV, etc. files to the program. The software supports batch conversion so that you can also add several files to convert at one time.



2. Click “Format” bar, follow “Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT H.264 Video (*.mp4)”. The output videos could fit on Surface RT or Pro perfectly. If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish.



3. Start the conversion from MKV to MP4 video for Microsoft Surface.

4. After the process, transfer the videos to your Surface Tablet. If you have no idea about Surface file transfer, check out a guide here.

So there you have it. Pretty simple! In this way, you can effortlessly play 1080p/720p MKV videos on Microsoft Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro Tablet as you like.

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How to Play SD/HD Videos and Movies on Surface 2

Have no idea to transfer SD/HD videos (MKV, AVI, VOB, Tivo, MPG, WMV, MOV, M4V, VRO, FLV, F4V Videos) to Microsoft Surface 2 in best video quality. Read the article to learn how.

Surface 2 has a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:9. You can play 1080P video on Surface 2's 10.6-inch screen freely. Under the hood of the Microsoft Surface 2 we find an NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) SoC with a 1.7GHz quad-core CPU. 2 GB of RAM are thrown in as well for good measure. This should be enough processing power to deliver a smooth user experience, especially knowing that Microsoft makes sure its software is optimized for the hardware it is meant to run on.

As Surface 2 is so convenient to take, you may use it to deal with documents, but when you tired, you can also use it to play movies for relax. However, the video formats supported by Surface 2 is limited. Let's see it as below.

Surface 2 supported Video format:

MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263

Surface 2 supported Audio format:
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC

So you can’t play MKV, AVI, VOB, MPG, Tivo, MXF, MTS, M4V, FLV/F4V SD/HD videos on Surface 2 directly. In some time, you may also need a video converter on Surface 2 to convert videos to compatible formats for further usage, which is best video converter for Surface 2? Which video converter is most compatible with Windows 8.1 RT?

Here, Pavtube Surface 2 Video Converter is your best choice. It has easy quick interface, and great final file quality. (For Mac users: Get Mac Video Converter for Surface 2)

Please follow the easy steps below to convert SD/HD Videos in MKV, VOB, Tivo, MPG, MTS, FLV/F4V to MP4 format for Surface 2.

Fistly download and install the right vertion:

 

(Note: free download a dmg file for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users.)

Step 1. Import source videos to the Video to Surfce 2 Converter.

Install and run the best Video Converter for Surface 2 on your computer. Add videos in the following two ways:

1. Click “Add video” button to choose video files from your hard drive for converting.

2. Directly drag the videos to the Surface 2 Video Converter.

Tips: To save your time, you can add multiple video files for converting at a time since batch conversion is well supported.



Note: when load tivo file to Pavtube Video Converter, The program will ask you to enter you Media Access Key, Do as the program requires, and then click ok to continue.

 

Step 2. Choose presets for Surface 2.

Click the “Format” list to choose Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) as the best profile for Surface 2. Or you can key in “surface” in the little search box to get it.



Step 3. Edit video and customize specs before conversion. (Optional)

You can edit these videos before conversion by clicking the pencil-like icon on the top. Some of the source video such as MXF/MTS/MKV could be interlaced which is not good for playback; in this case you can check “Deinterlacing” in Effect tab to get perfect progressive HD MP4 videos. Trim, crop, edit audio and add srt/ass/ssa subtitles are all supported in this edit window.

Back to main interface, you can click Settings to free customize video size, bitrate(quality), frame rate, sample rate and other specs.

Step 4. Start converting all Videos for Surface 2.

Click the red “Convert” to start converting SD/HD video to Surface 2 MP4.

Wait for a few moments, and you can click “Open output folder” to locate the converted video quickly. Now you can transfer videos to your Surface 2 for entertainment.

How to transfer media files to Surface 2?
To see how much storage space you have:

• Open the Settings charm, tap or click Change PC settings.
• Tap or click General.
• Scroll down to Available storage, to see how much storage space you have.

Or don’t move files to Surface. Store them in the cloud instead using your files on SkyDrive. This way you can access your files from other computers or your phone.

You can pick using one of the following methods to transfer video to Surface 2

-Connect to a networked computer

Use a USB flash drive or a memory card -- microSD, microSDHC, or micro SDXC cards all work with Surface.

Connect to a network computer

Surface 2 can access music, pictures, videos, and documents on computers that are part of your home network. To see the files and folders that have been shared on your network, go to the Start screen and open File Explorer. Shared items appear under HomeGroup or Network.



Use a USB flash drive or memory card

You can also move files to Surface, by copying them to a USB flash drive or memory card (microSD, microSDHC, or micro SDXC cards all work with Surface) and then adding the files to Surface. Here’s how:

1. Copy files onto a USB flash drive or memory card on your other computer.
2. Insert the USB flash drive or memory card into Surface.
3. Tap or click the notification that appears in the upper-right corner of the screen.



4. Tap or click Open folder to view files.

File Explorer opens.

5. Select the files or folders you want to add to Surface, tap or click Home, and then tap or click Copy to.
6. Select a location. For example, choose Documents if the flash drive or memory card contains documents.

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