Make 1080p/720p MKV with DTS audio playable on Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone

Summary: To get Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone to play MKV movies with DTS audio, you may have to convert MKV DTS to Windows device playable MP4 format. This article mainly introduces the easy way on Windows and Mac.

MKV (the Matroska Multimedia Container), is an open standard free container format, which can hold an huge number of video, audio in one file. It is widely used because it can pack different kinds of videos audios and subtitles as well as contains Realmedia and Quicktime. The most advantages lays on it packs them in one container with a better effect.



However, you will find you can't view MKV with DTS audio on Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone, as the default and downloaded player on the Windows 8.1/8 device cannot find a suitable decoder for the DTS audio.

To play a MKV movie with dts surrounding sound on an Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone, you will need to convert the MKV file to something that is within the Windows device’s compatibility to handle, such as mp4. Here is how.

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Simple Guide: Convert/Compress MKV mvoies with DTS audio to Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone compatible video format 

Step One. Add videos to Windows 8.1/8 Video Converter.

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 Windows device supported formats in the “Format” dropdown list.  Here you are recommended to choose “Windows 8 Tablets H.264 Video(*.mp4)” as the target video format at your needs.



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.

Step Four. Start Conversion.

Go ahead and click “Convert” button to get MKV with DTS audio to Windows device playable mp4 conversion started. After a while, you can find the generated file quickly via “Open” button.

Now transfer the converted mp4 movies to your Windows  8.1/8 Tablet/Phone for convenient playback. In this way, you can enjoy your favorite MKV with DTS audio with Windows device wherever you are.

P.S Don’t know how to transfer converted video to Windows Tablet/Phone? Read this

• How to Transfer and Stream media files to Windows 8.1/8 tablet?

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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 Windows device supports a wide range of video/audio formats, there’s still some format limit. If you wanna play HD videos on Windows 8.1/8 Tablet/Phone like MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD, TiVo, MPG, VOB, etc smoothly, you should convert these them with the best Video Converter for Windows 8.1/8 in advance.

4. Copying a movie from iTunes library and want to play it on your Windows 8.1/8 device? Refer the guide to enable iTunes M4V videos to play on Windows 8.1/8 RT/Pro Tablets & Phones.