VLC media player

Dutchie-one · 05-14-16, 03:33 PM

Hello, I use VLC as my media player
but it will not play MP4 files

do I need any codec to resolve the problem?

Tanks, Dutchie-one

Sailor Steve · 05-14-16, 03:44 PM

Personally, I still use WMP and love it. I did just google "vlc media player mpr" and got dozens of sites explaining how to fix it.

STEED · 05-14-16, 04:24 PM

I have Free version of VLC and no problem.

Rockin Robbins · 05-14-16, 05:48 PM

Ditto, I just toss stuff at it and it plays. I have no idea how!

Get FFMPEG if you need even more capability. Make sure you get the windows version, because just like VLC itself, FFMPEG comes from Linux where the good software lives. FFMPEG is a bag of codecs for every format in the known universe and maybe a few alien ones too.

DragonRider · 05-15-16, 04:17 AM

Yes and also if you use Windows 10 just play a movie through "Movie Player"
and it wil up date Windows media player to play all types of files also

vienna · 05-16-16, 01:41 PM

I personally use the Media Player Classic; it comes as part of the K-Lite Codec Packs, Standard, Full, and Mega options. I have used this in place of the WMP for years and have had no problems in playing any of the media I have used so far. I use the Mega option, if only to be prepared for any new or old formats or codecs I may need to use. The player and the codecs are free and can be found at:

http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Perhaps this may solve some of your media issues...

<O>

Dutchie-one · 05-18-16, 02:10 PM

Sorry Guy`s

I update VLC version 2.2.1 tp 22.3
same result WMP play the file`not the sound.

VLC for Windows 10 manny fault`s so I did not try this.

thank for all your Help.

Dutchie-one

Rockin Robbins · 05-18-16, 03:30 PM

Yet another reason to avoid Windows 10 like it was cancer. It isn't free folks! Friends don't let friends use Windows 10!

Dutchie-one · 05-18-16, 06:27 PM

Oh Yes I wish I never update to Win 10
but I suppose there is no way back Win 7

Sailor Steve · 05-18-16, 07:44 PM

Did your computer come with Windows 7? If so, a complete reformat would likely restore it to its original configuration. I had to do a reformat because of some corruptions, and now it's back to 8.1.

Dutchie-one · 05-19-16, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchie-one

Oh Yes I wish I never update to Win 10
but I suppose there is no way back Win 7

Hallo Steve, I have used Win 7 pro when I updated to Win 10
I know there was an option to return to Win 7 but only in the first Month.

Win 7 pro was pre installatien and I have no Disc.

but thanks for your help.

Dutchie-one

Buddahaid · 05-19-16, 08:33 PM

I use VLC with Windows 10 and have no more problems than I do running it on Windows 7. It's a bit of a geeky program but I like it because it allows you to take screen shots of Blu-ray discs and capture streaming video.

Sailor Steve · 05-20-16, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchie-one

Hallo Steve, I have used Win 7 pro when I updated to Win 10
I know there was an option to return to Win 7 but only in the first Month.

Win 7 pro was pre installatien and I have no Disc.

but thanks for your help.

I guess I didn't express myself well. My computer came with Windows 8.1 installed. I took the offer to upgrade to Windows 10. I also only had the one month option to go back to 8.1, and I didn't take it. Then I started to have some minor but annoying problems. In the end the only choice I had was a complete reformat. If by "pre-installation" you mean the computer came with Windows 7, then what I said holds true. A reformat will return the computer to exactly the way it was when you got it, including the original OS. I also have no disc, but I'm back where I started, with 8.1.

Dutchie-one · 05-20-16, 02:20 PM

Thanks for the explanation Steve I will look how to do it.

Dutchie-0ne

05-14-16, 03:33 PM	#1
Dutchie-one Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 249 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	VLC media player Hello, I use VLC as my media player but it will not play MP4 files do I need any codec to resolve the problem? Tanks, Dutchie-one __________________ Old in Age but young of Heart

05-14-16, 03:44 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Personally, I still use WMP and love it. I did just google "vlc media player mpr" and got dozens of sites explaining how to fix it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-14-16, 04:24 PM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I have Free version of VLC and no problem. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-14-16, 05:48 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Ditto, I just toss stuff at it and it plays. I have no idea how! Get FFMPEG if you need even more capability. Make sure you get the windows version, because just like VLC itself, FFMPEG comes from Linux where the good software lives. FFMPEG is a bag of codecs for every format in the known universe and maybe a few alien ones too. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-15-16, 04:17 AM	#5
DragonRider Predator of the sea Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: England Posts: 139 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Yes and also if you use Windows 10 just play a movie through "Movie Player" and it wil up date Windows media player to play all types of files also __________________

05-16-16, 01:41 PM	#6
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,507 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I personally use the Media Player Classic; it comes as part of the K-Lite Codec Packs, Standard, Full, and Mega options. I have used this in place of the WMP for years and have had no problems in playing any of the media I have used so far. I use the Mega option, if only to be prepared for any new or old formats or codecs I may need to use. The player and the codecs are free and can be found at: http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm Perhaps this may solve some of your media issues... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

05-18-16, 02:10 PM	#7
Dutchie-one Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 249 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	VLC player Sorry Guy`s I update VLC version 2.2.1 tp 22.3 same result WMP play the file`not the sound. VLC for Windows 10 manny fault`s so I did not try this. thank for all your Help. Dutchie-one __________________ Old in Age but young of Heart

05-18-16, 03:30 PM	#8
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Yet another reason to avoid Windows 10 like it was cancer. It isn't free folks! Friends don't let friends use Windows 10! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-18-16, 06:27 PM	#9
Dutchie-one Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 249 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	VLC player Oh Yes I wish I never update to Win 10 but I suppose there is no way back Win 7 __________________ Old in Age but young of Heart

05-18-16, 07:44 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Did your computer come with Windows 7? If so, a complete reformat would likely restore it to its original configuration. I had to do a reformat because of some corruptions, and now it's back to 8.1. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-19-16, 08:33 PM	#12
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	I use VLC with Windows 10 and have no more problems than I do running it on Windows 7. It's a bit of a geeky program but I like it because it allows you to take screen shots of Blu-ray discs and capture streaming video. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

05-20-16, 02:20 PM	#14
Dutchie-one Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 249 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the explanation Steve I will look how to do it. Dutchie-0ne __________________ Old in Age but young of Heart