Tuesday, November 26, 2013

MKV to Surface 2 – Play MKV movies on Surface 2 & Surface Pro 2

Description: The best solution to show how to convert MKV to Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 compatible MP4 format with best settings, so that you can watch MKV on Surface (Pro) 2 smoothly.

Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 are the "most productive devices" that it has ever built, says the tech giant's Surface unit executive, who presented on Monday these next-generation of Surface and upgraded accessories.

As Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 is so convenient to take, you may like to use it to edit documents, receive and send emails, or just take it on business as laptop. But after finishing that, you may also want to use it to play movies for relax on the road or onboard. 

In some time, you may also need a video converter on Surface Pro 2 to convert MKV movies to Surface (Pro) 2 compatible formats, which is best video converter for Surface (Pro) 2? Which video converter is most compatible with Windows 8.1?

About Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2:

Both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 have the resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:9. You can play 1080P video on Surface 2's 10.6-inch screen freely. Under the hood of the Microsoft Surface 2 we find an NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) SoC with a 1.7GHz quad-core CPU. 2 GB of RAM are thrown in as well for good measure. This should be enough processing power to deliver a smooth user experience, especially knowing that Microsoft makes sure its software is optimized for the hardware it is meant to run on.

Recommended tool:

Pavtube MKV to Surface 2 Converter, an all-in-one video converting tool which can help you not only convert MKV videos, but also support converting videos in most mainstream formats to best MP4 file for playback on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. 

Free download it and let’s move on to the tutorials.

How to use this MKV to Surface Converter for Surface (Pro) 2 and Windows 8.1?

Below is a detailed guide to show how to get started with this MKV to Surface Video Converter; if you are running Mac OS, MKV to Surface Converter for Mac is available here.

Step 1. Free download this Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate as best MKV to Surface 2/Pro 2 Converter; import videos.

You have three choices to import videos: 1. drag-and-drop; 2. click “Add videos” to load single videos; 3. click “Add from folder” to import all the files inside this folder.


Step 2. Choose format.

Hit the drop-down list besides “Format”, you will find many presets for different usage. For Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, you are suggested to click “Windows>Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4)”.



Step 3. Edit video before conversion or adjust target video settings (Optional)

Pavtube Video Converter provide basic editing functions before conversion; you can enter the video editing window by hitting the pencil-like icon on the top.

Free trim, crop, add watermark, edit audio and subtitles here:



Moreover, if you want to change default video settings for conversion, just click the “Settings” beside “Format” bar to enter Profiles Settings interface. Hit to adjust target video size, bitrate, frame rate and other settings here. Usually the higher bitrate you choose, the larger file size will be.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Now back to the main interface and hit the big red “Convert” to start conversion. The conversion speed is related with your computer configuration, file size/codec/bitrate settings, other programs that running simultaneously, etc.

After the conversion, you can click “Open” or “Open output folder” to quick locate converted video.

If you don't know how to transfer video files to Surface 2/Surface Pro 2 , just follow this guide: How to transfer media files to Surface tablets?

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