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Can't play mp4s on laptop

Nat1986 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:56:46 GMT

I have some mp4 files recorded on a Samsung phone that won't play on my laptop (Windows Vista). I'm sure I got them to play once before on a previous laptop but I don't know how I did it. When I try and open it with Quicktime or Realplayer I get a message saying it can't open it, or that there is an invalid sample description in the file.
Can anyone help?
thanx!!!

Re: Can't play mp4s on laptop

kee-lo_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:08:01 GMT

Hi,

Try VideoLAN (VLC), it plays anything I throw at it.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Re: Can't play mp4s on laptop

Nat1986 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:13:20 GMT

Thanx 4 your help kee-lo.
I will try the vlc player, however I can't help but think that quicktime or realplayer should be able to play them as my friend has several mp4s that play on his vista laptop.
Does anyone know why there might be a problem with this type of file?
Any help appreciated, it's really bugging me!

Re: Can't play mp4s on laptop

jumpsuit — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:32:19 GMT

I think there are codec problems with mp4.

VLC should play them but if you want to try and play them in something else you will need a codec package like Vista Codec Pack

Remember to create a restore point before installing codec packs in case of any complications