Forums General chat Playing Mkv Files Local Network Reply To: Playing Mkv Files Local Network December 28, 2017 at 5:06 pm #88 dave 17 Posts Does the device that holds the media/video do the magic and then stream to the TV? Yes: the media server identifies that the renderer cannot handle the original format, and converts (transcodes) it into a format the renderer has declared it can handle. It’s not a trivial processing task, so low-end servers may not be able to do it.