iPhone 15, 14, 13 (Pro, Pro Max) Supported Video Formats

Questios: Can’t play movies on new iPhone

Hi, admin. I get iPhone 15 Pro Max last week, but I can’t open my .mkv files on it. iPhone 15 Pro Max supported video formats are very limited, how to solve this problem? – Torrey Piatt

Can I transfer and watch Blu-ray or DVD movies on iPhone 14? My friend told me I should get a BD ripping software to convert Blu-ray and DVD to iPhone 14 supported formats, but which program should I choose? I don’t want to spend a lot of time testing so many software. – Nunzio Stagnitta

Currently, almost three-quarters of consumers watch video on their smartphones, according to the analyst Strategy Analytics’ data. Definitely, larger screen phones are a key driver in increased mobile video consumption. iPhone 13 Pro Max one of the Apple iOS phones which ship the 2778 x 1284 pixels resolution in a large 6.7 inches screen. Also, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and 256GB, 512 GB of internal storage capability makes iPhone 15 Pro Max to be a good portable device to play online or offline media files.

The point here, you will find it a painful experience to transfer your downloaded MKV, AVI, MOV, WMV movies to iPhone iPhone 15 (Pro, Pro Max) or iPhone 14/13 (mini, Pro, Pro Max) for playback. Fortunately, we have a great tutorial for you, guaranteed to get iPhone and all common formats, Blu-ray, DVD movies to play nicely.

What video and audio formats are supported by iPhone 15/14/13?

iPhone 11 (Pro, Pro Max) Supported Formats:

Audio formats supported: Audio formats supported: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Dolby Atmos, and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+)

Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG

iPhone 12 (mini, Pro, Pro Max) Supported Formats:

Audio formats supported: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Dolby Atmos and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+)

Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2 and Motion JPEG

iPhone 13 (mini, Pro, Pro Max) Supported Formats

Audio formats supported: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Dolby Atmos and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+)

Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2 and Motion JPEG

iPhone 14 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max) Supported Formats

Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)

iPhone 15 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max) Supported Formats

Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 4K HDR through native DisplayPort output over USB-C or USB-C Digital AV Adapter (model A2119; adapter sold separately)

As you can see above, many standard video formats are not supported by iPhone 15/14/13 series phones and its brothers. Several examples: MKV, AVI, FLV, MTS, VOB, MOV, MPG, F4V, AVCHD, MXF, TiVo. To make sure that the video file will play on your new iPhone smartphone, you need to make sure that its format matches one of the supported video formats. If not, the correct and easy path will be to convert the file to one of the supported formats and only then upload it to the phone.

Best Video Converter and BD Ripper for iPhone 15/14/13

To watch Blu-ray, DVD and 4K/1080P MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV, etc movies on iPhone, you need to convert these movies to Apple iPhone supported video formats like MP4 first. Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is a good choice for converting all movies to new iPhones and other smartphones compatible video files with fast converting/ripping speed and excellent output video quality. What’s more, some video editing features like trimming, cropping, rotating, adjusting video effects, etc. are provided to customize your videos. If you are using a Mac, please turn to the equivalent Mac version called Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac to convert videos to iPhone on Mac OS X . Get the iPhone video converter now and freely enjoy your favorite movies on your iPhones, like iPhone 15 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max), iPhone 14 (Plus, Pro, Pro Max), iPhone 13 (Pro, Pro Max), iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, etc.

Free download any video to iPhone converter

How to convert Blu-ray, DVD and other formats to iPhone supported formats?

This quick-start guide uses Acrok Video Converter Ultimate Windows (Windows 11 included) version screenshots. The way to convert videos on Mac is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system.

Load video files

Click "Add files" icon to lod your mkv, .mov, .wmv or other format videos into this program. For converting Blu-ray and DVD moveis for playing on iPhone, please click "Load Disc" icon to load your Blu-ray or DVD moveis. You can play the loaded movies via right preview window.

Choose output format

For your new iPhone, simply choose Format > Apple > iPhone X Full Screen Video (*.mp4) as the output video format. This is the best playback format for new iPhone.

Besides, you can open the Setting window to modify related parameters like changing bit rate, adjusting fame rate, and aspect ratio to resize videos.

Start video conversion

When all the settings are OK, click "Convert" button to start converting movies for playback on iPhone. When the conversion is over, click "Open" to locate the converted video files.

Transfer movies to iPhone

There is a simp way to get the converted movies on your iPhone. Transferring videos using iTunes is a drag. You need to:

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
2. Select the iOS device.
3. Click Apps.
4. Scroll down to the File Sharing section of the iTunes window.
5. Click on the app to which you want to transfer files.
6. Click Add.
7. Choose a file.
8. Then click Add again.

iPhone 15 Pro Max vs iPhone 15 Pro vs iPhone 15 Plus

iPhone 13 vs iPhone 13 mini vs iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro Max

iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 11 vs iPhone 11 Pro vs iPhone 11 Pro Max