Video File

sprayermick | 09:59 Tue 30th Apr 2013 | Technology

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I have been sent a video file by a friend in Italy but nothing on my laptop will play it, the file is in mp4 format - I am running Win XP and have Windows media player and Inter video but neither of these will open it, is there a free program I could download that will let me play the file?

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mushroom25

from Microsoft Support:-
"MPEG-4 is an International Standards Organization (ISO) specification that covers many aspects of multimedia presentation including compression, authoring and delivery. Although video compression and file container definition are two separate and independent entities of the MPEG-4 specification, many people incorrectly believe that the two are interchangeable. You can implement only portions of the MPEG-4 specification and remain compliant with the standard.

The MPEG-4 file format, as defined by the MPEG-4 specification, contains MPEG-4 encoded video and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)-encoded audio content. It typically uses the .mp4 extension. Windows Media Player does not support the playback of the .mp4 file format. You can play back .mp4 media files in Windows Media Player when you install DirectShow-compatible MPEG-4 decoder packs. DirectShow-compatible MPEG-4 decoder packs include the Ligos LSX-MPEG Player and the EnvivioTV."

Old_Geezer

There are a number of free video players on the Net. I can't say I'm familiar with which plays what. One you might want to look up is VLC. I seem to have used it in the past and it's been quite good. No guaranties though re MP4 but I'm sure their site will say.