subject: Convert Mp4/mkv/avi File To Iphone 5 For Playback [print this page] The iPhone 5 finally is arrived, features a 4-inch display and an aluminum and glass body that weighs 112 g and is 7.6 mm thick, which make it 20 percent lighter and 18 percent thinner than the iPhone 4S. iPhone 5 also equipped with 4G LTE connectivity, OLED display, new dock connector, iPhone 5 outshines its predecessors as an awesome tablet for movie enjoyment.
MP4 is commonly used to store digital video and digital audio streams, it is commonly used for sharing video files on the internet. The mp4 file uses MPEG-4 compression and separate compression for audio and video tracks. MP4 file has the advantage of supported by many video programs and various hardware devices. For this, maybe you will ask: Does iPhone 5 can play mp4 file?
The answer is yes. But sometimes the iTunes denies them or horrible video quality on iPhone 5. Why?
The failure in playing MP4 file on iPhone 5 mainly results in two reasons:
Reason 1: Your source .mp4 file is encoded with codec like XviD/DivX/H.263 , rather than H.264 or MPEG-4. However, the iPhone 5 can only accept these two file format codecs in MP4 wrapper.
Reason 2: You may be confused about why your mp4 can be well playable on iTunes. But, terrible video quality on iPad 5. Check out whether the video resolution can fit with iPad 5 of 1136x640 pixel resolution.
To playback MP4 file smoothly on iphone 5, you can use Doremisoft iPhone 5 Video Converter for Mac that can convert any source .mp4 file to iPhone 5 most acceptable format codec like H.264 or MPEG-4 to convert your mp4 file. You can learn how to convert mp4 file to iPhone 5.
Step 1: Download iPhone 5 video converter for mac and install it to your mac. After installation, run it, then click the "Add File" button on the top of the interface to import one or several .mp4 file(s) at one time.
Step 2: Select an output file format for iPhone 5. Click the drop-down button on the bar menu of the "Profile" to select "iPhone 5" from the "Apple Device".
Step 3: Hit the "START" button to run the mp4 to iphone 5 conversion. After the conversion is completed, you can play them on your phone.
Tips:
1. There isn't any improvement in the supported file formats list of iPhone 5. Take AVI as an example, it remains the support of Motion JPEG(M-JPEG) up to 35Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format. The Motion JPEG is only one type of AVI compression, AVI can be encoded with other codecs like XviD/DivX. In order to make the .avi files playable on iPhone 5, you have to convert the AVI to iPhone 5 supported file format, such as H.264 or MPEG-4.
2. The iPhone 5 doesn't natively accept MKV file format. Though some MKV players for OSX devices are available, they can't play 1080p or 720p MKV or play MKV video in poor quality, so does iPhone 5. In the case, to convert MKV to iPhone 5 on Mac become necessary.
