Your Computer won’t play videos when the installed Media Player does not support the Video Format.
After opening the video, you might either get a black screen or sometimes an error message like“Can’t Play.”
So, the first thing you may do is restart your PC. Then,try using other Media playersto play videos.
But, if the issue persists, these reasons could be responsible for the video not playing on your PC.
Regardless of the causes, you may solve this problem with the fixes below.
Open Video With Another Media Player
If you’re unable to play the downloaded video, it’s mostly due to compatibility issues.
When your device’s Media Player does not have the required codec to support the video format, you’ll get an error message: “We can’t play the video for XYZ. It’s encoded in …. format which isn’t supported.”During this situation, you might be able to listen only to the audio, but with a black screen.
The Media Player suggests youbuy Codecsto stream the video. you may download the missing codecs online for your current Media Player.
Or, as a workaround, you may access the video with another media player that supports the video format.
For me, I was able to play the Video in the VLC media player. However, you could open it with other existing Video Players on your device. Right-select yourVideoand chooseOpen with>VLC Media player.
In case your device does not have other media players, install them first and access the videos.
Check if the Video is Corrupted
Your computer won’t play video when it detects that the video is corrupted or unreadable. To check this, try playing other existing videos on your PC.
If it plays, then the video you intend to play is corrupted. The video might have been corrupted during the download ortransfer process.
