The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 ($499, 16GB) pours the S5 equation into the best Android media tablet we’ve seen so far. It’s slim, well-designed, and beautiful. Its faults aren’t its own: While it’s the nicest high-end Android tablet we’ve ever seen, it’s surrounded by competitors that are slightly better choices for most tasks.

Plus, the 10.5-inch Super AMOLED display of the new Galaxy Tab S offers a 2,560 x 1,600 pixel resolution which is a great for multimedia visual experience. Based on previous experience, Galaxy Tab video formats present the major obstacle when users want to transfer videos to their Galaxy Tab series, including Tab 3, Tab 4, Tab Pro etc. To enjoy HD videos, movies, TV shows on Galaxy Tab S, let’s have a look at the video formats for Galaxy Tab S 10.5.

Galaxy Tab S 10.5 supported format

Video Formats Supported:

H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, VP8

Recording : FHD(1920 x 1080) @ 30fps

Playback: WQHD (2560×1440) @ 30fps

Audio Formats Supported:

MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC

As only restricted ability is provided in Galaxy Tab S 10.5 as well as all other portable devices to support videos in different formats, you will inevitably get some videos in formats that cannot be played on Galaxy Tab S 10.5, such as MKV, FLV, AVI, Divx, VOB, MPG, WMV, etc. So, if you want to play these Tab S unsupported videos on Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 smoothly without worrying about the format limitation, it is suggested to convert them to Galaxy Tab S compatible format first for latter playback.

To get the Video to Galaxy Tab S conversion done, a professional Galaxy Tab S video converter is inevitable. Fortunately, Pavtube Video Converter is specific designed to convert your videos in all popular formats MKV, FLV, AVI, Divx, VOB, MPG, WMV, etc. to Galaxy Tab S 10.5 compatible format without any hiccup or any video quality loss. With this customized video conversion tool, you can watch all your favorite videos and even your recorded video clips with best video quality and simple workflow by carrying around this fabulous 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab tablet.

Four Steps to MKV, FLV, AVI, Divx, VOB, MPG, WMV videos to Galaxy Tab S 10.5 for playbackat Lightning Speed

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Step 1. Import videos to Video to Galaxy Tab S Converter.

Launch this Video to Galaxy Tab S Converter (Mac version: DVDAid for Mac); click the “Add Video” to import videos or the entire folder.

Step 2. Choose MP4 as target format.

Now click the drop-down list on the bottom, you can see various presets for different devices. Click Samsung on the left column and find “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Video(*.mp4)” as the target format cause MP4 is the most compatible format of Galaxy Tab S 10.5.

You can also convert these SD/HD videos for playback on your new Nexus 6, Nexus 9.

Step 3. Edit video and customize specs. (Optional)

Click “Settings” to customize video size, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate (Hz) at your needs. Usually the higher bitrate you choose, the better video quality will be.

And you can click the pencil-like icon on the top to open Video Editor—it will help you to trim, crop, add subtitles or edit audio of the source file before conversion.

Step 4. Start converting Videos for Galaxy Tab S 10.5

Back to the main interface and click “Convert” on the bottom right corner, it will pop up a conversion progress window with all the tasks. You are allowed to convert up to 4 files simultaneously here and the rest will be queued up. After the conversion, click “Open output folder” to quick locate the converted video.

Now you are able to copy converted files to your Galaxy Tab S 10.5 for watching on the go.

If you are disc lovers, get the easy way to play Blu-ray and DVD on Galaxy Tab S 10.5/8.4 or move DVD ISO/IFO image to Galaxy TabPro 8.4.