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[Problem Solved!] MKV Not Playing in Windows 10 Media Player 2 years 25 weeks ago

When you want to play a video file on your Windows 10 computer, you can directly use the Windows snap-in video player - Windows Media Player that is pre-installed on your computer. You don’t need to install a third-party media player to play videos. It is convenient.

However, Windows Media Player doesn’t support all types of video files. You can go to this post to see which video formats are supported in Media Player: File types supported by Windows Media Player.

When you want to play an MKV video in Windows 10, you may discover that Windows Media Player won’t play MKV. As per the list of Windows Media Player file types, MKV is not included.

MKV not playing in Windows 10 is not an absolute event. If you have downloaded and installed the MKV codec for your Windows Media Player, you will be able to play MKV files using this Microsoft media player.

Using the MKV codec is not the unique method to fix the issue of MKV not playing in Windows 10. You can also use other methods to play MKV files on your Windows 10 computer. In this post, we will show you what you can do to solve the issue.

What to Do If MKV Not Playing in Windows 10?
Convert MKV to a Windows Media Player supported format
Use a different media player
Play MKV files using a web browser
Modify your Registry keys
Install the MKV codec in Windows Media Player
Upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version

10 Best Media Player for Windows 10 That You Should Have 2 years 49 weeks ago

Searching for the best media player for Windows 10? There are countless media players available on the web. It might be hard for you to find out what the best software is. In this post, I picked out the 10 best media players for Windows 10. Let’s have a look!
Looking for the best media player for Windows 10? In fact, Windows Media Player is enough for most users who need to play video/audio on Windows 10. It is included with the Windows operating system, so users can play video or audio files without the need to use third-party media player software.

However, Windows Media Player is not powerful and it only supports MP4, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AAC, WMA, MP3, ALAC, and FLAC. As a result, users may encounter the playback error like “Windows Media Player cannot play the file” while trying to open media files with Windows Media Player. To get rid of this error, you’ll need to use a top-notch media player like VLC, KMPlayer…and MiniTool MovieMaker. Later, I’ll explain them one by one.

[FIXED!] Windows Media Player Not Playing Video Only Sound 2 years 19 weeks ago

Windows Media Player is a Windows snap-in media playing tool. It is usually the default media player on your Windows computer if you haven’t set another tool as the default one. Some Windows Media Player report that their Windows Media Player not playing video only sound.

Sometimes, the issue comes with some error codes like:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec is not installed on your computer.

OR

Windows Media Player cannot play, burn, rip, or sync the file because a required audio codec is not installed on your computer.

OR

A codec is required to play this file. To determine if this codec is available to download from the Web, click Web Help.

OR

Invalid File Format.

This issue is always related to the codec. You can use the methods introduced in this post to solve it. Let’s go.

How to Fix Windows Media Player Not Showing Video?
Update your Windows Media Player
Enable Now Playing window
Reinstall Windows Media Player
Use an alternative
Convert the video format

Top 5 Free WebM Players: How to Open WebM Files 3 years 20 weeks ago

#1. MiniTool MovieMaker
MiniTool MovieMaker, a free video maker, is recommended here because of its powerful functions. This free tool not only can create and edit movies but also can be used as a video player, like MKV player, MP4 player, WebM player, etc. Also, this free tool can change WebM to another video format easily, it even can convert WebM to GIF.
How to Play WebM files?

Download and install MiniTool MovieMaker. Launch this free video player on your PC, and close the movie template window to enter into its man interface.
Click the import media file to import your WebM file.
Drage and drop it to the timeline, and click the play button in the preview window to review it. You can choose the Ful Screen button to preview it.

Pros:

It is a free, no ads, no bundle, watermark-free WebM video player, WebM video editor, and WebM converter.
It supports many video file formats including WebM, AVI, MP4, MP3, etc.
It lets you create and edit movies easily.
It lets you change the video format, video bitrate, video resolution as well as video quality.
Cons:

It only supports Windows operating systems.

#2. Windows Media Player
Windows users always use Windows Media Player to play video files. However, if this player doesn’t have the necessary audio and video codecs, you cannot open WebM files. To be specific, Windows Media Player 12 users need to install WebM Media Foundation Components, and the earlier users need to install WebM DirectShow filters.

To open WebM file, you can open Windows Media player, and double-click the WebM file in the Media Library.

Pros:

You can change the Windows Media Player skin.
It lets you share movies or files with friends.
You can watch streaming videos.
It can play a variety of files including .wma, .mp3, .dat, .amr, .avi.
Cons:

It doesn’t support MKV format.
There is no feature of increasing the sound.
#3. VLC

[Fixed] QuickTime Player Can’t Open MP4 on Mac and Windows 2 years 21 weeks ago

What Is QuickTime Player?
QuickTime Player is an extensible multimedia framework that is developed by Apple Inc. You can use it to play different formats of videos, pictures, audio files, panoramic images, and interactivity. It has both Windows versions and Mac versions. But Apple stopped support for the Windows version of QuickTime in 2016 and stopped support for the Mac version of QuickTime in 2018.

QuickTime Player is preinstalled on Mac. If you are using a Windows computer, you need to go to the Apple QuickTime download page to download and install it on your device. Yes, some of you prefer to use QuickTime Player on Windows computers.

QuickTime is a reliable video player. But this doesn’t mean that it will not malfunction. For example, you may find it can’t play MP4 files or other types of videos. Video playing is its main function. If QuickTime Player is not working on your computer, you need to take measures to fix it. Before doing this, you’d better figure out why this problem occurs.
Top Reasons for QuickTime Player Can’t Play MP4/Files
QuickTime Player is not up-to-date.
QuickTime Player is corrupted.
The video format is not supported.
Your computer has temporary errors.
Your computer is affected by viruses or malware.
Codec issues
The video you want to play is corrupted.
And more….
Those are the main causes of the QuickTime Player malfunction. Knowing them can help you know what you should do to make your QuickTime Player go back to normal.

This issue can happen on both Windows and Mac. The solutions we will introduce in this post also refer to these two operating systems. In most cases, you don’t know the exact reason for this issue. You can just try these solutions in sequence to find the most suitable one.

What to Do if QuickTime Player Won’t Play MP4?
Restart your computer
Reinstall QuickTime Player
Convert video format
Scan your computer for viruses and malware
Use another supported video player
Repair your video

How To Fix Windows Media Player Cannot Play The File: 12 Ways 2 years 41 weeks ago

Windows Media Player is an easy-to-use multimedia file player that’s included in every Windows system. Users are used to playing videos and audios through Windows Media Player. However, problems may occur while you try to play multimedia files. Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file is one of the popular errors. How to fix the problem yourself?

Solved! - How to Fix Windows 10 Can’t Play MP4 3 years 7 weeks ago

MP4, which is also known as MPEG-4 Part 14, is a digital multimedia container format most commonly used to store videos and audios. It can also store subtitles and still images. Like other modern container formats, MP4 allows streaming over the internet.

How to play MP4 on Windows 10? An MP4 file has good compatibility. Almost all media players can play MP4 files. But, this doesn’t mean that you will not encounter any issues when playing MP4 files.

For example, you may encounter the Windows 10 can’t play MP4 or MP4 files not playing issue. This problem is not limited to a certain MP4 player on Windows 10. It can happen to Windows Media Player, VLC, Movie Maker, etc.

It is a very common issue. Perhaps, you are currently bothered by this issue. To help you get out of it, we collect some solutions and show them in this post.

How to Fix MP4 Files Not Playing on Windows 10
Install the necessary codecs
Try another MP4 media player
Run the Troubleshooter on Windows 10
Reinstall Microsoft Live Essentials
Disable WMV DirectX Video Acceleration
Change the file extension for your MP4 files
Modify the VLC settings.
Convert MP4 to a supported format