- Do I Need Adobe Media Encoder & What Can Media Encoder Do? 1 year 13 weeks ago
This post updated by MiniTool Software mainly answers the question – do I need Adobe Media Encoder for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Character Animator… To answer the question, it also elaborates on the function of Media Encoder.
- [7+1 Ways] How to Fix Adobe Media Encoder Error Code 3? 26 weeks 2 days ago
Adobe Media Encoder is a powerful tool that allows users to convert and export video and audio files to a wide range of formats. However, sometimes users may encounter errors while using the software. One such error is the "Adobe Media Encoder error code 3" or "Adobe Media Encoder failed error code 3" or "Media Encoder WebM error code 3" or "9 error code 3 Adobe Media Encoder". In this article offered by MiniTool video recording software, we will discuss what these errors mean and how to fix them.
- Video Encoder and Video Codecs: How to Change Video Encoder? 1 year 14 weeks ago
This article expressed by MiniTool Software mainly elaborates on the meaning/definition, function, types, comparison, as well as editing of video encoder (video codec). After reading this post, you will have a better understanding of how various formats of videos come into being.
- 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
- [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
- [SOLVED] How to Get/Reinstall Windows Media Player? 2 years 18 weeks ago
Windows Media Player is available for Windows-based devices. It is pre-installed on your Windows computer. Until now, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 are using Windows Media Player 12. But Windows Media Player is not available for Windows RT 8.1. (You can check which version of Windows you are using here).
In most cases, Windows Media Player can work well for playing videos and audio files. In rare cases, it may malfunction and you need to fix it. For example, your Windows Media Player may not show the video but only play sound, or Windows Media Player has no sound when playing videos. Of course, there are some other cases. We will not list all of them here.
All in all, it is simple to reinstall Windows Media Player. When you want to fix Windows Media Player, you can just try reinstalling it. On the other hand, if you can’t find it on your Windows computer and you are sure that your system supports it, you can also use this method to get it back.
