MP4 gains an increasing popularity among Android phones and tablets. However, you may still have trouble playing MP4 videos on your Android devices due to unrecognized codecs. On this occasion, you'll need to convert MP4 to Android friendly format so as to play them smoothly on your Android smartphones or tablets.
To convert and play MP4 files on Android, first you need a video converter. Here Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate is strongly recommended as the best video conversion tool to change MP4 for any Android phones/tablets. In fact, it has provided various video presets for HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc. Android devices. That means you can convert videos to fit your Android tablets or phones. Meanwhile, a built-in video editor is provided, letting you edit and touch up your MP4 clips instantly. Now just download it and follow the guide below to complete the conversion and put MP4 videos on your Android device for enjoyment on the go. (Mac users please download the Mac version, which is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 Mountain Lion.)
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How to convert MP4 to play on Android tablets/smartphones
Note that here the screenshots of video converter Windows version are used to show you to how to convert MP4 files to view on your Android tablets/phones. The way to convert and watch MP4 movies on Android on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) is the same. Please just make sure you've got the right version
1 Add MP4 video files
Launch the program and click Add Files to import the MP4 video clips you want to change to the program. (You can either load the files from your computer's hard drive or camcorder, USB, cell phones, etc.) Alternatively, directly drag the MP4 movies to the left item bar for converting. When the files have been loaded, you can preview them, take snapshots, choose subtitles, select audio tracks and more as you like. In addition to MP4, this video converter can also convert AVI, WMV, MOV, MKV, FLV, MTS and more to Android formats.
2Choose Android as the output format
To watch the videos on your Android devices, you can click Output Format and go to Device > Other to set Android OS as the output video format. Or browse to find the model of your Android device and select it as the output file format to convert video to fit your device.
3Start to convert your videos
In the end, click the big Convert button to start converting the added videos to Android compatible files. When the conversion completes, click Open Folder to locate the converted video files. After that, transfer them to your Android-OS device and enjoy them on the go.