Fixed - MP4 File is not Playing in Windows Media Player

At times when an MP4 video file fail to play in Windows Media Player, solutions to fix MP4 file that is not playing in Windows Media Player are given below. The first one is the manual way, which you can fix the issue with VLC Media Player, whereas the second one is an automated way of fixing corrupt MP4 file that is not playing in WMP.

So, when you can't play MP4 video files in Windows media player 12/10/7/6 etc. take help of VLC and solve the issue.

Here Are the Steps to Repair MP4 Files That Won't Play On Windows Media Player Using VLC Player.

Step 1: Create a copy of the unplayable MP4 file

Step 2: Rename the replicated MP4 video as AVI file (convert MP4 file)

Step 3: Now, open VLC player

Step 4: Go to VLC menu, select Preferences and click on Input or Codecs option

Step 5: Hit the Save button present in the Preferences window

Step 6: Select Always Fix option located next to Repair AVI Files

If above fix fails to play your video, then use Remo Repair MOV software to fix corrupted MP4 video file in a matter of minutes.

Why Remo Repair MOV to Fix MP4 File Not Playing in Windows Media Player?

The tool is fitted with a simple user-interface and offers precise guidelines for fixing MP4 files, which helps to easily resolve issues like Windows media player cannot play mp4 files. This virus-free video repair software provides 3-steps automated MP4 file repair process and allows you to play the file before saving. This video recovery software runs in read-only mode thus no changes are made to the original file while repairing corrupt MP4 file that won't play on WMP.

Along with fixing MP4 file that Windows media player cannot play, it repairs other video formats like M4V and MOV (with MPEG-4 compression codec packs) files on Windows. It can efficiently repair HD video files that are recorded by any DSLR camera/camcorder. Moreover. It supports different storage devices like internal HDD, memory card, SD card, external hard drive, flash drive, USB drive, iPods, etc. on both Windows and Mac.

How to Repair MP4 Files That Won't Play On Windows Media Player?

Step 1: Launch Remo Repair MOV tool, select the MP4 file that won't play on Windows Media player and click on the Repair button.

Image 1: Main Window

Step 2: Tool fixes the unplayable MP4 file and gives an option to Preview it.

Image 2: Preview Repaired File

Step 3: Click on the Save button to save the repaired MP4 video file.

Figure 3: Save Repaired File

How to Avoid MP4 Video File Corruption?

Even though the MP4 file is one of the Windows Media Player supported formats, sometimes you cannot play it on WMP. There are numerous reasons for an MP4 file that Windows Media player cannot play. And, few are listed here. So, avoid these instances in future to safeguard your important MP4 files.

• Downloading the MP4 file from an unauthorized internet source
• Storing MP4 files on virus-infected sectors of Windows computer hard drive
• Sharing MP4 files through an unsecured network
• Frequently changing the MP4 file to other formats
• Using an unreliable video converter
• MP4 file transfer error
• Using the unreliable third party tool to compress the file
• Unexpected system shut down etc.

Precaution:

• Keep multiple copies of your important MP4 videos in some safe storage device
• Use power backup tools like UPS while working with important video files on a desktop