The BlackBerry Z10 is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by RIM, now known as BlackBerry. The BlackBerry Z10 is the first of two new BlackBerry phones presented at the BlackBerry 10 event on January 30, 2013. The device uses the new BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system. The user interface of BB 10 is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the BB10 operating system and its multi-touch interface.

Z10 features a 1280 x 768 resolution up to 356ppi. We can keep the 3G Talk Time up to 11 hours and standby time up to 17 days. It records 1080p HD video with its rear camera. And it uses a 4.2" Touch display, thus we can take it as a video play for watching HD movies anytime and anywhere. Well, the BlackBerry Z10 users, especially as a newbie, will have the confusion what video formats can BlackBerry Z10 support? And what is the best video format for BlackBerry Z10? Here we list as below for you.

Supported Media formats:
Video formats: 3GP, 3GP2, ASF, AVI, F4V, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG4, WMV
Audio formats: AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, M4A, MKA, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA
Image formats: BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, SGI, SVG, TSG, TIF, WBMP

Best format for playback:
Container: MP4
Video codec: H.264 High Profile @ 720p (1280x720)
Audio codec: AAC LC Stereo 5.1

How to watch any video format on BlackBerry Z10?

From above, we can know, the smartohone BlackBerry Z10 can't recognise some videos like MTS, VOB, MPG, FLV are not on the list. If you hav some movies in these formats, you won't directly get them to the device for viewing. To freely view them, you need to reformat videos to MP4 first.

How to transcode videos to MP4 for BlackBerry Z10?



Step 1: Download and insatll the best BlackBerry Z10 Video Converter (or Mac version) and click the add button to import your MKV, AVI, MTS, FLV, MPG, files to the program.

Step 2: Click the Format bar and select BlackBerry >> BlackBerry Playbook HD 720p(*.mp4) as the output format, which comes with the best video, audio settings for BlackBerry Z10.



Step 3: Hit the Convert button to start the MKV/AVI/MTS/VOB/MPG to MP4 conversion with CUDA/AMD acceleration technology support.

After the conversion, you can freely copy MTS/AVI/MKV/VOB/MPEG/FLV movies to BlackBerry Z10 for playing with optimal playback effect.

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