Codecs allow you to play different formats of audio and video files. Media Player supports a wide variety of codecs. Most are included out of the box; some additional codecs can be installed from the Microsoft Store. Windows includes codecs that allow Media Player to play the following formats out of the box:

Customers can temporarily resolve the issue by updating permissions (ACLs) on the affected directories. Follow these steps: Open PowerShell as an Administrator. Update the permissions for C:\ProgramData\ssh and C:\ProgramData\ssh\logs to allow full control for SYSTEM and the Administrators group, while allowing read access for Authenticated Users.

Microsoft supports MPEG4v3 files in .asf streaming format only. These files are not supported in an .avi file type. To play the file, you must encode the file again by using the original source in a supported format, such as the .wmv format. To do this, you can use the Windows Media Encoder.

By using a separate extension, you can install multiple players on your computer and associate certain players with the .wmv extension for playback of audio and video sources. Windows Media Metafiles (.asx, .wax, .wvx, .wmx, .wpl)

If you see error code 0x80070490 or 0x800706D9, it means that your Windows program is overloaded with invalid system references. Find out how to resolve these error codes.

Windows Media Player supports the following file formats: Note MPEG 2 requires third-party software or hardware decoders. Note DVD playback requires third-party software or hardware decoders and is supported only in Windows XP. Note Intel Video File support requires the Intel Video 5.x codec.

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Note: Commonly supported formats include MP3, WAV, WMA, AVI, and WMV. Check for outdated or corrupted codecs: You may have a missing or outdated codec. For more information, check file format and codec requirements.

This step-by-step article describes how to troubleshoot playback problems with Microsoft Windows Media Player 9. back to the top. Troubleshooting audio and video playback. Most of the time, playback issues in Windows Media Player 9 are caused by one of the following problems: Corrupted media.

Because Windows Media Player is well equipped with and all major audio and video formats - including 3GP, AAC, AVCHD, MPEG-4, WMV and WMA and AVI, DivX, mov, and XviD files, this error message generally does not appear.