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Solve Sony Bravia MP4 Playback not Available to Play All MP4 on Sony TV

I downloaded some MP4 files and plan to play them in my Sony KDL-32W670A, but I got the message "Playback not available" when playing some of MP4. Why and how to solve this issue?

When I try to play a MPEG-4 file via USB on my Sony Bravia TV after playing one minute the screen says "Playback Not Available", so how to fix it to watch the entire MPEG-4 file.

I believe you also encounter the same or similar issue and that is why you are here. So now let's see why this problem happens and how to solve it.

 

Why Says "Playback not available" When Playing MP4 on Sony Bravia TV?

No matter Sony 4K Ultra HD TV, Sony Full HD TV, Sony LED TV or any other type of Sony TV they can only support certain codecs while MP4 is a video container format and can hold various video codecs within. So if your MP4 includes some codecs which are not supported by your Sony Bravia TV you will often get the message "Playback not available".

 

How to Solve "Playback not available" When Playing MP4 on Sony Bravia TV?

Among all solutions the easiest one is to convert the unsupported MP4 to the supported video format as per your Sony TV specification. We will take Sony 4K Ultra HD TV as the example to explain this solution to you. As per the specifications nearly all Sony 4K Ultra HD TV support to play MP4 with codecs AVC,MPEG4,HEVC, so if your MP4 includes the unsupported codecs, like H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9,DivX, Xvid, etc you need to convert this kind of MP4 to Sony 4K Ultra HD TV supported MP4 with the supported codecs or other supported video format.

 

MP4 to Sony TV  Converter - Avdshare Video Converter

To convert the unsupported MP4 to Sony TV supported one, you will need a professional MP4 to Sony TV converter to help you and Avdshare Video Converter is just the best one. Avdshare Video Converter can do the followings:

  1. Convert MP4 with all unsupported video codecs to all models of Sony TV supported one.
  2. Convert other unsupported AVI, ASF, MKV, FLV, WMV, WTV, etc to Sony TV supported one.
  3. Convert all unsupported video formats to Apple TV, Samsung TV, Toshiba TV, Sharp TV, Panasonnic TV, etc supported video format.
  4. Convert between all video formats.

Convert MP4 to Sony TV Supported Video Guide

The following guide also takes converting the unsupported MP4 to Sony 4K Ultra HD TV supported MPEG-1 as the example. Also this guide applies to any type of Sony TV.

 

Make Preparation: Free download MP4 to Sony TV Converter

Free download the professional MP4 to Sony TV Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

 

 

Step 1 Import MP4 files

Click "Add file" button or use drag and drop function to add the unsupported MP4 to Avdshare Video Converter.

 

Step 2 Targeted output format setting

Click "Profile" button to choose MPEG-1 from the "General Video" category as the output format.

 

Step 3 Convert MP4 to Sony TV video format

Click "Convert" button to complete converting the unsupported MP4 to Sony TV supported video format.