MP4 don't appear in Windows Media Player? Solved!

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MP4 don't appear in Windows Media Player? Solved!

Summary: How to force Windows Media Player to open all MP4 videos? Install a Codec Pack? Or directly convert MP4 to Windows Media Player playable format. Here Hivimoore share the best solutions for you.

According to Microsoft support website, the latest Windows Media Player 12 supports MP4 video and audio files. However, MP4 is a container format which may contain multiple video and audio streams. And the video and audio stream can be encoded any of several ways. If the MP4 video or audio codec is not WMP installed codec supported one, Windows Media Player won't play MP4 video of this kind.

Though we can make Windows Media Player play MP4 video by install some codec, like: K-Lite Codec Pack, Microsoft MP4 codec, etc., sometime we still encounter can't play MP4 in Windows Media Player issue.

In order to solve "Windows Media Player won't play MP4 files even when the appropriate codec is installed" and to successfully play any MP4 video in Windows Media Player, we had better convert MP4 to Windows Media Player more supported video format like WMV.

Hivimoore Video Converter Ultimate is just the right MP4 to Windows Media Player Converter which can convert all kinds of MP4 video to Windows Media Player supported video format WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG, MP4, etc. Besides converting MP4 to WMP video format, it also can convert MP4 to Windows Media Player supported audio format like WMA, MP3, WAV, AU, and AIFF, etc.

Other Key Features
1. Built in 159+ video & audio codecs, this stellar video converter can convert 4K, 1080p HD videos like MKV, H.265, M2TS, TS, VOB, AVI, WMV, MP4, AVCHD, HD camcorder videos, etc. and SD videos like AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, H.264, MOV, VOB, FLV, WebM, etc. video conversion can also be perfectly supported. Therefore, converting MP4 video to WMV is a piece of cake with it. Besides, it also provides 200+ preset device profiles for video conversion.

2. Also as the best free video downloader for Windows (10), it enables users to free download any full movies/videos/music from YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and other 1000+ video sites in MP3, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP 8K/4K/HD 1080p/720p, etc. at fastest speed.

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Steps to Convert MP4 to Windows Media Player Format?

Step 1. Add Windows Media Player unrecognized MP4 videos

Click the "Add File" button to import the MP4 files to this converter. Or simply drag and drop the MP4 video to the main window of this program.

Step 2. Select WMV from the drop-down list on the right side of the program's interface.

Step 3. Simply hit the "Convert" button to start the MP4 to WMV conversion.

After conversion, you can add the converted MP4 files to Windows Media Player to play.

Read more MP4 tips:
Convert MP4 to/from iTunes: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/10/best-itunes-video-converter/
Insert MP4 into PowerPoint: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/07/insert-mp4-to-powerpoint/
Stream MP4 to Plex: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/10/play-mp4-on-plex/
Play MP4 on PS4 from USB Drive: http://www.hivimoore.com/2015/06/play-mp4-on-ps4/
Encode MP4 to MPEG-2 for Playing/Editing: http://www.hivimoore.com/2015/08/encode-mp4-to-mpeg-2/
Free Extract and Convert MP4 to MP3: http://isharesky.blogspot.com/2016/10/convert-mp4-to-mp3.html
Repair MP4 for Windows Media Player: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/12 ... media-player/#part3
Decode and Encode 4K MP4 on Windows 10: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/11 ... -downloader-review/

Read more WMP tips
Play DVD on Windows Media Player: http://www.starstarsoft.com/play-dvd-on-windows-media-player/
Sync iTunes to Windows Media Player: http://isharesky.blogspot.com/20 ... s-media-player.html
Play Windows Media Video on QuickTime: http://isharesky.blogspot.com/2016/12/play-wmv-on-quicktime.html

Source: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/12/mp4-to-windows-media-player/