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Will Windows Media Player 11 support MP4 files?

Well according to Chris Pirillos blog it will not. Apparently there was a bug in the beta version that was filed but looks like it was ignored. You may need to buy a codec plugin for this feature.

My personal opinion is that is should be included. For us geeks we know what is going on to playback these files, and I don't want to explain to Gma and my Aunts how to get it to run properly on their computers that they only use once a week.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 at 1:55 pm and is filed under MP4 Software. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

8 Responses to “Will Windows Media Player 11 support MP4 files?”

  1. Mike Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 6:30 am
    I have been trying to play MP4 files on my new pc, they played for the first month and not anymore, so annoying, not knowing what to do
  2. et Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
    shutup sike i know how yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay kay kayyyyyyyyyyyyyy know wat im sayin boyyyyyyyyyy @ girlsssssssssssss
  3. Mike B Says:
    December 31st, 2007 at 2:51 pm
    You don't have to buy anything go to this link and download the k lite codec pack and install it. During the install you can tell it to associate the codecs, which includes MP4, with Windows Media Player. Works great.
  4. Mike B Says:
    December 31st, 2007 at 2:53 pm
    Ooops… Here's the link: http://www.codecguide.com/
  5. Sebastian Says:
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
    Download Xvid and install it first. Then download ffdshow and install it. Then go to start-all programs-ffdshow-video decoder configuration. Change the codec for: Other MPEG4 & Generic to Xvid. That's how I was able to play .mp4's in wmp 11
  6. spencer Says:
    February 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
    i found itunes easier
  7. Shannon Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
    Thank you mike B ur very helpful cheers mate
  8. Jeff Says:
    May 13th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
    Thanks for posting the informtion on mp4 players
    cheers Jeff

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