HomeHave lots of MP4 files on your computer local hard drive and wish to view the content on LG Smart TV. The good news is that you can now connect your USB device to your LG Smart TV to view the content stored on it via the SmartShare function.
How to use Smartshare?
After plugging the USB drive into the USB port on your LG Smart TV, On the Smart TV home screen, select SmartShare™; to view a list of the content stored on USB storage available through SmartShare™;. You can select your MP4 video from a list of all videos to play it.
Can Smartshare play MP4 video from USB drive?
After searching for SmartShare support formats, we get the information that you only play certain MP4 files that meet the followin standard with the SmartShare function on LG Smart TV.
Format: MP4
Video codec: H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2
Audio codec: AAC, MPEG-1 Layer III(MP3)
Maximum data transfer rate
- Full HD
1920 X 1080: 20Mbps
- Ultra HD (Depending on model)
3840 X 2160 (H.264 L5.1) : 50 Mbps
3840 X 2160 (H.265 L5.0) : 25 Mbps
It is well know that MP4 is a container file format which can hold various different video and audio codec that may not supported by SmartShare. In addition, even if you have get the correct MP4 file format, you may still suffer other video playback due to the incompatible audio codec, bit rate, frame rate, etc. To fix all those head-scratching issue, what you need is simply a powerful MP4 video conversion tool. Here comes Pavtube Video Converter(best video converter review), the program can comprehensively convert virtually all MP4 files with the resolution of 4K/2K/HD/SD to LG Smart TV SmartShare readable H.264 file formats listed above.
To get other SmartShare compatible playback settings, you can adjust those settings in the program's profile settings window according to your own needs:
If you choose to play HD video on LG Smart TV with SmartShare function, just output H.264 HD MP4 video with the resolution of 1920 x 1080 and the output bit rate as no bigger than 20Mbps.
If you choose to play UHD video on LG Smart TV with SmartShare function, just output H.264 High Profile MP4 video with the resolution of 3840 X 2160 (H.264 L5.1) and bit rate of 50 Mbps or resolution of 3840 X 2160 (H.265 L5.0) and bit rate of 25 Mbps.
Besides MP4, you can also use the program to convert other unsupported video such as AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, WMV, H.265/HEVC, AVCHD, etc to LG Smart TV SmartShare best favorable file formats.
For Mac users, you can download Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to perform the same conversion on Mac OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra.
How to Convert MP4 to LG Smart TV SmartShare Playable File Formats?
Step 1: Load MP4 files into the program.
Install and launch the MP4 video converter program on your computer, click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from Folder" to load unsupported MP4 files into the program.
Step 2: Choose output file formats.
Click "Format", from its drop-down option, choose LG Smart TV SmartShare playable HD MP4 or UHD MP4 formats according to your own needs.
Output HD MP4 video format:
Outpu UHD MP4video format:
Step 3: Adjust output profile parameters.
Open "Profile Settings" window, to adjust the output video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels according to your own needs.
Go back to the main interface, click right-bottom "Convert" button to begin the conversion from MP4 to LG Smart TV SmartShare supported file formats conversion process.
When the conversion is completed, click "Open Output Folder" to pop out the folder with converted files, then you can easily transfer and play converted files store on USB drive on LG Smart TV via the SmartShare function.
Notes for using USB devices with SmartShare function
- SmartShare™; does not support some USB devices that use automatic recognition or driver software.
- Some USB devices may not function correctly with SmartShare™;.
- Use only FAT32 or NTFS formatted USB devices.
- We recommend using only external USB hard drives that operate at a 5 V and 500 mA or less rated current.
- We recommend using only USB hubs and USB hard drive that have a dedicated power supply. If the power is insufficient, your Smart TV may not properly recognize the USB device.
- We recommend using only USB storage devices with a capacity of 32 GB or less.
- We recommend using only USB hard drives with a capacity of 2 TB or less.
- If you encounter an error while connecting a USB hard drive with a dedicated power supply, unplug the power cord and then plug it in again. For more details on troubleshooting USB hard drives, refer to the user guide for the USB hard drive.
- Back up any important data. Data stored on USB Device is subject to damage. Data management is the responsibility of the user and the manufacturer is not responsible for any data loss.
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