Click OK. All videos that you save in this folderare automatically added to the library. Tip:To play a video file immediately in the media player and also automatically add it to the videos library, click the corresponding file entry in the Windows Explorer, right-click and then click Add to the Windows Media Player playlist. To properly play video and even music files , Windows Media Player required an appropriate codec.
Codecs are small programs that encode digital signals in a file or data and decode. Only in this way, the player can interpret the streams as a music or film and play correctly. If a codec is missing in the system, the corresponding video file cannot be played.
You will receive an error message. You can easily control what codecs are already installed and ensure that the media player when loads automatically new codecs from the Internet. Type Media Player in the search box 3. Click Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player is started. Then in the menu bar, click Help. Click About Windows Media Player. The following dialog box, click Technical Support Inoformation. In this situation, you're probably trying to play, burn, or sync a file that was compressed by using a codec that Windows or the Player doesn't include by default.
If you know the name of the codec or its ID known as a FourCC identifierfor video codecs or a WaveFormat identifierfor audio codecs , try searching the internet for it. You can often go to a codec manufacturer's website to download the most recent version of a codec. If you don't know the missing codec's name or ID, see How do I tell which codec was used to compress a file and what format a file is in?
Use caution when installing codecs that you find on the internet, particularly some of the free codec packs that claim to include codecs from a wide variety of companies or organizations.
There are known compatibility issues with some of the components in these codec packs, and these can trigger serious playback problems in Windows Media Player and other players, cause system corruption, and make it difficult for Microsoft Support to diagnose and troubleshoot playback issues. Therefore, we strongly discourage you from installing these codec packs and recommend that you remove them if you have installed them and are having problems with the Player.
Install codecs, filters, and plug-ins only from trusted sources, such as the provider's official website. Even then, use caution: some codec providers offer minimal customer support. Before installing any digital media components, set up a system restore point.
This lets you return to your original system configuration, if necessary. There isn't a way to determine with absolute certainty the codec used to compress a file, but the following are your best options:. To determine what codec was used with a specific file, play the file in the Player, if possible.
While the file is playing, right-click the file in the library, and then select Properties. On the File tab, look at the Audio codec and Video codec sections. Use a non-Microsoft codec identification tool. To find one, search for "codec identification tool" on the web.
You'll find several tools as well as useful related info. Of course, you can re-install a single codec if you know exactly what it is such xVid, or a codec pack, but sometimes is not as easy as that because if may be a system filter or codec which is causing a problem.
If you have codec issues, here are 5 free and portable tools you can try to determine what the problem codecs are, and then help you fix them. Filmerit is a tool designed for cleaning and managing the DirectShow filters and installed codecs on your system. A repair option is available or failing that you can just delete the broken entry from the registry. Download Filmerit.
Microsoft themselves also have a small codec diagnosis utility which comes as part of the FixIt troubleshooting set of tools. Just click Run Now on the webpage to download the tool and then run it to scan for problems. If it finds any potential problem codecs, the FixIt will recommend they be disabled. Do note that the marked codecs might not actually be broken and could just be what the tool thinks is a cause of crashing or freezing during your video playback. Download Microsoft Fix it Codec Tool.
The Codec Tweak Tool is actually already included in the K-Lite Codec Pack and it can help you detect and remove broken codecs and filters in addition to applying a number of tweaks and settings to the installed components.
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