Steps to Open MP4 File on PC

MP4 files were created under the standards by the MPEG

What is an MP4 File?

MP4 files were created under the standards by the MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group). MP4 is the international standard for audio-visual coding. Initially, the file was in 2001, MPEG-4 Part 12. the file depends on the quick Time File Format. The current version of the MP4 file is MPEG-4 Part 14, released in 2003. MP4 file is known as the digital multimedia container format. MP4 file is the file containing the bunch of data compressed in the file. The common species of how the data gets saved inside a container and how the data gets encoded.

How to Open MP4 File?

As MP4 is a standardized format for the videos and almost all Video Players supports vob files. It would help if you doubled click on the video to open the file, and it will then open with the operating system’s default video viewer. Android and iPhone natively support the playback of MP4 files as well. Just click on the file, and you can watch the video in no time.

Windows and macOS users can open the MO4 file without installing any third-party software. Windows uses Window Media Player by default in macOS played using QuickTime.

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The high degree of compression used in the MP4 videos permits the files to be much smaller in size than the other video file formats. Reducing the file size does not immediately impact the quality of the file. Almost every original quality gets retained. It makes the MP4 file a portable and web-friendly video file format. While the MP4 files can play the audio and not get confused with the M4A file format and the MP3, these formats only consist of audio files.

Methods to Open MP4 File

Method 1: By Using Default Media Players

1. Acquire the Video

Firstly, download the MP4 file from the trusted site, retrieve the file from the USB drive or open the file from your computer's hard drive. It's essential to know the filename saved and the location where it gets saved. Click on the "File" and then "Open vcf file" and then select the MP4 file from the File Browser.

2. Double Click on the File:

After locating the video in your operating system, then double click on the icon to play your mp4 file. If you make double-click the left button on the video, your default media player will then activate and play the video.

· The video will most likely open with the windows media player. All the copyright click on video’s icon puter’s running any version of the windows that come with the built-in video player. Windows 11 and under will not open the MP4 file without the codec or the third-party decoder.

3. Install the Decoder Pack or Codec:

Firstly, install the Microsoft recommended the DirectShow- compatible MPEG-4 decoder packs.

4. Right-click on Video's Icon:

If you run the Windows OS, instead of a double click on the MO4 file also you can right-click on the file to select what media player you would like to use to play your video. It would bring up the drop-down list.

5. Click on the option of “Open With”:

A new cascade window will get open from the drop-down list. A list of video players comes up. Often they include the "Windows Media Player" and any of the third-party media players already installed in the system.

6. Click on the Windows Media Player:

If you have already downloaded a codec in your system or a decoder pack, your desired MP4 Video will be open in Windows.



Method 2: Downloading a Third Party Media Players


1. Download Media Player from a Trusted Site:

Downloading a different video player can become very useful or much more comfortable than installing a codec or the decoder pack. While downloading the media players, ensure yourself of the location where you have installed them.

· While downloading, you should see the recommendations, and it always recommended to use the bundled media playback application which ships along with the Operating system of your system; but as they ship free with the operating system, they may not that effective and would not play all the file formats in that effective manner.

· Both free and paid software is available there. Such as VLC, Media Player Classic, etc., are some often used software. They support almost all file formats.

2. Go to the “Properties” tab:

First, change the default media player by going into the "Properties" button. Then select the "General Tab" and then "Change," After that, select the media player chosen by you and then click on the OK button.

3. Right-click on the option "Choose Your Media Player":

If you use Windows OS, instead of a double click on MP4 file, you can then right-click on the MP4 file to select the third-party media player. It would bring up the drop-down list.

4. Click on the “Open With” tab:

A new cascade window gets open from the drop-down list. A list of all the video players will come up with the third-party media players already installed in your system. Click on the desired media player, and the MP4 file will then open.

5. Use Editing Software to Open MP4 Files:

Many advanced users can use editing software such as Camtasia to edit your audio or video file. Professional DJs also use editing software such as Virtual DJ Pro to load the list of multiple videos, and the software opens them one by one.

Steps to Convert MP4 File to WMV format

1. Firstly, launch the Wondershare WMV converter and then load the MP4 file from your PC:

primarily download, install and launch the Wondershare UniConverter on the PC. After that, you need to add the required MP4 file to the converter either by drag and drop method or by simply clicking on the "Add Files" tab to search and then load up the information. Multiple MP4 files can also get included in one batch at a time.

2. Select WMV format as the Output Format:

Select WMV file format from the output section by clicking on the drop-down menu beside the Output Format and then move to the video and select WMV format as the resolution.

3. Start Converting MP4 File to WMV File for Windows Media Player:

Click on the “start all” tab to initiate the MP4 file to WMV file conversion. The process would take few seconds to get the required WMV files. Then you can click on the File Location icon located at the bottom of the main interface to search the final WMV files. Later you can open the files on the Windows Media Player without any hurdle.

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