How to play MKV on Galaxy A55?

Can’t play MKV movies on Galaxy A55? No worry. This article shows you two easy ways to play .mkv files on Galaxy A55, regardless of the video and audio codecs inside MKV videos.

Nowadays, more and more people are fond of watching movies on their digital device on the go. Besides viewing streaming entertainment online, you might opt to download movies to watch on go. But sometimes there’s a problem: You open up the file, settle in, get ready to enjoy it… and it won’t play. If you have a .mkv file and you want to watch the .MKV file on your gadget Galaxy A55, you’ll need a specific video player since Galaxy A55 doesn’t support quicktime videos by default. Or you can choose to encode/re-encode MKV to Galaxy A55 friendly formats, e.g. MP4 H.264 files, and then play the MP4 files on its default player. The instructions below will show you the top 2 easy ways to enjoy MKV videos on Galaxy A55.

What Is A .MKV File & Galaxy A55 Supported Formats?

Matroska Video files, also known as MKV videos, are container files that support unlimited picture, audio, and subtitle tracks. Each track either contains a digitally-encoded media stream (using a specific format) or a data reference to the media stream located in another file. Tracks are maintained in a hierarchical data structure consisting of objects called atoms. An atom can be a parent to other atoms or it can contain media or edit data, but it cannot do both. MKV file format was first launched in 2002.

Can Galaxy A55 play MKV files? No. Anyway, Galaxy A55 won’t play any MKV videos by nature. But Galaxy A55 can open MKV files with the help of some additional programs, like MKV player and MKV to Galaxy A55 converter. Below we will share you these two methods to help you play MKV on Galaxy A55, including MKV files ripped from Blu-ray or downloaded from online.

Method 1: Play MKV files on Galaxy A55 using Third-Party Media Player

The best-recommended solution is VLC Media Player. This free media player has capabilities to play almost any video or audio format thrown at it, and MKV format is not an exception. Although some users have cited issues with performance while playing MKV, I have never had any issues on my side. Nonetheless, it is worthwhile.

It’s a better idea to use VLC as you default video player to watch .MKV on Galaxy A55 and other video formats as well.

Method 2: Play MKV Files on Galaxy A55 by Converting Them

Note that though there are so many media players for you to play MKV files, many of them may not play MKV files in high quality (1080p, 4K) on your device. What’s more, some apps will slow down your device. Does this mean that you can’t view your MKV videos on your Galaxy A55? Never mind, you have another choice – convert MKV to Galaxy A55 supported video format.

To get the job done, you can try this easy-to-use yet powerful video encoder and decoder software – Acrok Video Converter Ultiamte. Using the program, you can convert MKV to Galaxy A55 playable videos at a super-fast speed (30X faster) with lossless quality. Videos can also be converted to device-specific formats to avoid any compatibility issues. Batch processing is also supported. The built-in video editor allows to trim, crop, cut, and add watermark to videos before converting them. You can also add subtitles during the MKV to Galaxy A55 conversion.

How to Convert MKV to Galaxy A55 Supported Formats

.MKV files are not supported on major video players on Android. In order to play MKV videos on Galaxy A55, the user needs to install a third-party video player. However, you can also convert the .mkv files to another video format which we also recommend.

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Step 1. Download and launch Acrok Video Converter Ultimate on Windows PC or Mac. Click Add File to import your MKV video. Dragging and droppping works too.

Step 2. Click the Format bar at the bottom and you can select H.264 MP4 from Common Video category since MP4 is an universal format for Galaxy A55.

Step 3. After everything is OK, simply hit Convert at the lower-right corner of its interface to activate the MKV to Galaxy A55 conversion.

Once the conversion completes, you can click Open to locate the converted MP4 videos and then you can transfer your MKV files to Galaxy A55 for playing freely.