Emby not playing MP4/H.264 files? Solved!

Emby can be your personal media on any devices, you can bring your video, music, photos from one place to another place, you also can play video on TV, PS4, Android, iOS, etc. Even though Emby is so excellent, some users still have confusion that they can't play MP4 on Emby smoothly, they also have tried many ways, including send the Emby error logs to Emby community, search online, etc, so far, any way doesn't work out.

Most users would choose to uninstall lave, restart and then try installing again, sometimes, we have to say this way is really convenient, sometimes, you still can't fix MP4 to Emby issue. Emby can play MP4, but MP4 is a video container which can hold many different video and audio codec, in other words, you have many many MP4 files, Emby doesn't like all the MP4 file, Emby like the MP4 with H.264 or MP4 codec best.

Sometimes, you don't have the enough network bandwidth for Emby to stream MP4 video, it means that the server has nothing to do but tell the player where the file is and the player does the rest. Emby uses the full bandwith over a long time. You can check and enhance your network bandwidth.

Best Solution for Playing any MP4 Video on Emby

We know you can easily enhance the network bandwidth, but you want to change the MP4 video format on Emby, it's difficult. Most of us are not an authority on Codecs, but you seem to choose a MP4 video converter to solve the a codecs issue. To be honest, Pavtube Video Converter is worthy tring, this software is really easy: Installation is easy, operatinf steps are easy, interface is easy, update step is easy, etc. You can know this MP4 video converter effortlessly.

You can input any MP4 video from any source, you can choose other video formats for Emby, like: WMV, MPEG, AVI, etc. If you like the MP4 video, this software is so nice, it allows you to adjust the video codec for better playback. If you choose TV for playback, you are lucky to be here, you can choose different TVs: Sony TV, LG TV, or Samsung TV, etc. At the same time, you also can edit the MP4 video by your own need, such as: Trim video, add subtitles, add music, etc. For Mac users, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is waiting for you to explore.

Step by Step to Convert MP4 to Emby Acceptable Video Formats

Step 1. Load MP4 files.

Install and launch the MP4 video converter program on your computer, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" to add one MP4 video file, also you can click "Add from Folder" to load multiple MP4 video files, this software had the high stability, you can do batch video conversion at the same time. In addition, you not only can import MP4, you also can import MOV, AVI, WMV, etc.

Load unsupported MP4 video

Step 2. Output Emby Acceptable Formats.

Option 1: You can convert MP4 to Emby other acceptable formats, like: WMV, AVI, MPEG, etc. Just click "Format" bar and open the output video formats list, you can choose HD video from HD Video directly. Also you can choose TVS to choose the TV video formats. By the way, there are so many video formats are here, you can click Customize and input the video format, you can find your desired video format quickly.

Output Vizio HD TV supported file formats

Option 2: Since Emby can support the MP4 video format, you can also click Setting and open the video setting window, at here, you can set the MP4 video codec by yourself, for example: Adjust the video codec and audio codec to H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec. You can adjust the audio related parameters if necessary, you even c an reduce the video size by downscale video resolution or video frame. If you can't make sure these video parameters, you can just change the video codec and keep other original setting as output.

Step 3. Start MP4 to Emby video conversion.

Exciting time is coming: Go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom "Convert" button to begin the MP4 to Emby supported video formats conversion, when you are waiting for the result, you also can enjoy the video at the preview window.

Well out of ideas, most users have tried installing Pavtube Video Converter. Once you own this software, everything worked. Next time, when you can play other video on Emby due to the video compatibility issue, this software can be your best assistant.

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