The MKV is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of audio, video, subtitle tracks or picture in one file. This format offers a richer media experience than any other current format, this makes MKV a popular choice for making back-ups of DVD and Blu-ray discs that you could also play on a computer connected to a TV. Many devices don’t support MKV importing, Galaxy Note 5 is one of them. 
Hot search: MKV to iMovie | MKV to FCP X/Apple TV | MKV to iTunes | MKV to NVIDIA 3D Vision Player | MKV to Chromecast 2
A brief introduction to Galaxy Note 5:
Galaxy Note 5 is very hot now, there are more and more users choose to buy Galaxy Note 5 to replace old smart phones, the Galaxy Note 5 has 5.7 inches display so it is wonderful for us to copy videos and movies onto it for watching at anytime, anywhere. But on the forums there are a few of Galaxy Note 5 users have found that Galaxy Note 5 can’t play all the video formats, such as MKV, HD MKV and other formats, the Galaxy Note 5 only plays H.264 MP4 files well. From Samsung Galaxy Note 5 official website you will get to know that Galaxy Note 5 best supported video format is H.264 MP4 format, for other formats you will get video playback issue. Below is the Galaxy Note 5 supported formats, please check.
Galaxy Note 5 supported video formats: MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV in H.264/H.263 codec
Galaxy Note 5 supported audio formats: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC
How to play MKV/HD MKV on Galaxy Note 5?
The best way is to convert unsupported videos to Galaxy Note 5 supported video format, such as MP4 format, and then you can play videos on Galaxy Note 5 with compatible format. Here we want to recommend the best Galaxy Note 5 video converter for you, the program is Pavtube Video Converter (Mac version). With it, you can convert MKV/HD MKV to Galaxy Note 5 most friendly H.264 MP4 format, most importantly, without any quality loss.
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/
- Amazon Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html
Detailed steps are offered here for your reference:
Step 1: Install and launch the corresponding program. Drag and drop your source files to the software. You can import multiple files at once thanks to batch conversion.
Step 2: Click the drop-down list in the format line to get the format box. Then choose “HD Video>>H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” as output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: You can preview to check the final result. Once you are satisfied with it, click the “Convert” button to start conversion.
Conclusion: After conversion, you can get the generated files by clicking “Open” button. Now, you can easily play MKV/HD MKV on Galaxy Note 5. Follow the steps and have a try! This program will convert your videos at top speed, video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed.
More from my site
How to Compress MKV Files with Lossless Quality in Mac/Win?
Convert HD MKV to New iPhone 6S/6S Plus for Playing
Convert MKV to 3D SBS MP4 for Watching on Zeiss VR One with iPhone 6
Convert MKV to NVIDIA 3D Vision Player for Watching
Play 3D Movies with VLC on Mac
Creat playable SBS 3D MP4 on Zeiss VR One Plus
