Windows 11 Windows 10. To play HDR video in Windows 11, your display, PC, and graphics card must meet certain requirements. Here are the requirements: Display. Your display can be a built-in display, like the kind on a laptop, tablet, or 2-in-1 PC, or it might be an external display that’s connected to your PC. Built-in displays.

In some editions of Windows 10, it's included as an optional feature that you can enable. To do that, select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Manage optional features > Add a feature > Windows Media Player, and select Install. Enable Windows Media Player. DVD playback isn't included.

Open Video playback settings. Learn how to change the video playback settings for apps that use the video platform that's built in to Windows.

4K UHD. Things to keep in mind: You must have an Xbox Series X, an Xbox Series S, an Xbox One X, or an Xbox One S and a 4K TV to use the 4K UHD resolution. Xbox Series X|S also supports 4K 120Hz refresh rate. 4K UHD resolution does the following: Displays images at a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels.

Go to Profile & system > Settings > General > TV & display options. Under the Advanced column, choose Video fidelity & overscan. In the Display column, ensure that Auto-detect (Recommended) is selected. 4K isn't available when HDMI or DVI is manually selected. For HDR, check your TV manual to make sure your TV supports the HDR10 media profile.

To enable 4K gaming at 120 Hz, press the Xbox button to open the guide, and then select Profile & system > Settings > General > TV & display options. Make sure that your Resolution is set to 4K UHD and your Refresh rate is set to 120 Hz.

Connect your Surface on Windows 10 to a TV, external display, or projector by using the Surface HD Digital AV Adapter or the Surface VGA Adapter.

Here’s how to install the Media Feature Pack: On Windows 10 N: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Apps and Features > Optional features > Add a feature. Find the Media Feature Pack in the list of available optional features. On Windows 11 N: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Optional features.

Select Start > Control Panel > Programs. Select Turn Windows features on or off and uncheck Media Features and click OK. Restart your computer. Revisit the same window and recheck Media Features and click OK. Restart your computer again. If the above instructions fail to help, see the Windows Media Player support page.

If Windows Media Player stopped working correctly after the latest updates from Windows Update, verify that the updates are the problem by using System Restore. To do this: Select the Start button, and then type system restore. Select Create a restore point, and then in the System Properties pane, select System Restore.