There are tons of free to use media players for Microsoft Windows users, available on the internet and much better than default media player. But Despite the fact, It has plenty of shortcomings, Majority of Windows users are accustomed to Windows Media Player.
For an example, Windows Media Player can’t play MP4, MKV and other famous audio and video formats. You have to install third party video codecs to play MKV, MP4 and other formats.
Windows 7, Windows 8 and other Windows editions aside, Even Windows 10 lacks MKV, MP4 and other codecs. Windows 10 users whenever try to play MKV, MP4 in Windows media player they get an error that Windows media player can’t play the file. As well as Sometimes You can hear audio, but can’t watch the video.
If you are facing this issue and still want to use Windows media player then keep watching this video, In which I will be sharing a very easy solution to resolve the issue in no time.
There are two ways to overcome this problem. The first option is to download and install any third party media player and The best thing about third party media players is that third party media players support nearly all video and audio formats and can be used for free. VLC a free to use open source and cross platform media player, is a perfect example.
The second option is for those who don’t want to install a third party media player and like to use Windows media player. Windows 10, 7, 8 users can install audio, video codecs to get rid of this problem.
To make Windows 10 or any other editions able to play MKV, MP4 and other audio and video formats without any third party media player, I would like to suggest you use Shark007. It is free to use and free of adware, malware, spyware etc.
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Let’s Install Shark007 On Windows 10 Or Other Windows Editions
Go to download website.
Click to download.
The download is complete, You now need to install it. Double click on installer to begin the installation.
My choice is English. You may choose your desired language from the drop down menu and click OK.
Click Next.
Tick mark I accept and click Next.
If you have enough free disk space in Drive C then leave everything default, otherwise You may change the installation folder.
Click Next.
Click Next.
Click install.
Installation is now almost completed. Check mark Shark007 suggested settings and exit.
Click finish.
Final Words
After install Shark007, You should not face any difficulty to properly play MKV, MP4 and other formats in Windows media player. I do hope this short video has managed to solve your problem. Use the comment section and do let me know If you run into any issue, I will try to help you out solve your problem.
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