Written by The Xbox One S is a slick looking game console that’s 40 percent smaller than the original and ditches the infamously gigantic power brick. It can display 4K video from streaming services and Ultra HD Blu-rays, and supports HDR contrast on video and games. You can play games or play videos with Xbox One S. Some users asked “Will the Xbox One S support h265 or playback of local 4k content?” Answer is no. So today we talk about how to play 4K H.265 on Xbox One S.
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Part 1. Play 4K on Xbox One S
Your Xbox One S can display 4K and HDR content. You’ll need a 4K TV, but as soon as you have one, you’ll be watching movies and TV in vibrant 4K.
To set your resolution and upscale everything to 4K, double-tap the Xbox button to open the guide, go to Settings > All settings, and then choose Display & sound > Video output. For TV resolution, select 4K UHD.
4K in games and apps
You don’t have to set your console resolution to 4K to play 4K content. You can set your console to another resolution, such as 1080p, and when a game or app requires 4K (and your TV supports the 4K mode it wants), it’ll automatically switch to 4K. This is good if you want to play 1080p content in its native resolution, but also take advantage of the 4K resolution when playing 4K content.
To set your resolution to a lower resolution but switch to 4K when 4K content is played:
Open the guide and go to Settings > All settings > Display & sound > Video output and then make sure TV resolution is set to 720p or 1080p.
Select Advanced video settings and make sure Allow 4K is checked.
If you’ve done everything right but 4K doesn’t work or you don’t see these settings, see Troubleshooting 4K and HDR on Xbox One S.
To learn what your TV can do, see Checking your TV’s 4K and HDR capabilities on Xbox One S.
For info about HDR, see HDR on Xbox One S.
Note: You must have an Xbox One S console and a 4K TV to display 4K and HDR content. If you’re not sure whether you have the correct equipment, see Troubleshooting 4K and HDR on Xbox One S to learn how to check your console and TV.
Part 2. Play 4K H.265 on Xbox One S
I would love the ability of being able to play HEVC (H.265) encoded media through my Xbox One. Do you have the similar ideas? Fine, according to the Xbox’s supported formats limitation, it seems a little important to find some H.265/HEVC to Xbox One S converter to solve the issues, right?
What a coincidence! Have you heard the old video studio Pavtube has upgraded their products to support the new H.265/HEVC codec. Also, you may not know yet this Pavtube Video Converter have the Xbox One S as the output. It is not only a 4K video converter, also a H.265 encoder, also the best Xbox One S video converter. Why we called this program as the Xbox video converter? Cause it can transcode those Xbox S unsupported video formats including SD/HD/4K H.265 and other such as ProRes, XAVC, etc to Xbox One S for playback smoothly. Learn more steps below:
Mac version: Pavtube Video Converter for Mac
Other Download:
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html
Step 1. Launch the program and open the main interface you can see some buttons also with a preview window on the right. ’Add Videos’ to import your H.265/HEVC files and take a preview on right window. You must wait a little longer if you got large files. 
Step 2. Go to the format bar to select the “Zune/Xbox 360 Device”>”Xbox 360 HD Video (*.wmv)”as your output format. From H.265/HEVC to HD WMV, that’s the key to play 4K H.265 movies or HD H.265 on Xbox One S. 
Tips: Click the “Settings” beside the format bar to adjust your parameters is allow you to enjoy a better viewing quality. Before go to the conversion, you can click this “Edit” to do some personal edits on your raw videos. This saves you from the troubles which you have to reload them to editors.
Conversion: Press the “Convert” button on the bottom-right corner of this H.265/HEVC to Xbox One S Video Converter to start performing video conversion. Now, you can see the conversion progress. And the conversion speed is mainly affected by the size of files that you’re converting and your computer’s performance.
Now you can play any 4k H.265/HD H.265 on Xbox One S:
To set your resolution to a lower resolution but switch to 4K when 4K content is played:
Open the guide and go to Settings > All settings > Display & sound > Video output and then make sure TV resolution is set to 720p or 1080p.
Select Advanced video settings and make sure Allow 4K is checked.
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