10 Best Media Player for Windows 10 That You Should Have

Searching for the best media player for Windows 10? There are countless media players available on the web. It might be hard for you to find out what the best software is. In this post, I picked out the 10 best media players for Windows 10. Let’s have a look!
Looking for the best media player for Windows 10? In fact, Windows Media Player is enough for most users who need to play video/audio on Windows 10. It is included with the Windows operating system, so users can play video or audio files without the need to use third-party media player software.

However, Windows Media Player is not powerful and it only supports MP4, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AAC, WMA, MP3, ALAC, and FLAC. As a result, users may encounter the playback error like “Windows Media Player cannot play the file” while trying to open media files with Windows Media Player. To get rid of this error, you’ll need to use a top-notch media player like VLC, KMPlayer…and MiniTool MovieMaker. Later, I’ll explain them one by one.

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Windows Media Player is available for Windows-based devices. It is pre-installed on your Windows computer. Until now, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 are using Windows Media Player 12. But Windows Media Player is not available for Windows RT 8.1. (You can check which version of Windows you are using here).

In most cases, Windows Media Player can work well for playing videos and audio files. In rare cases, it may malfunction and you need to fix it. For example, your Windows Media Player may not show the video but only play sound, or Windows Media Player has no sound when playing videos. Of course, there are some other cases. We will not list all of them here.

All in all, it is simple to reinstall Windows Media Player. When you want to fix Windows Media Player, you can just try reinstalling it. On the other hand, if you can’t find it on your Windows computer and you are sure that your system supports it, you can also use this method to get it back.

[Problem Solved!] MKV Not Playing in Windows 10 Media Player 1 year 19 weeks ago

When you want to play a video file on your Windows 10 computer, you can directly use the Windows snap-in video player - Windows Media Player that is pre-installed on your computer. You don’t need to install a third-party media player to play videos. It is convenient.

However, Windows Media Player doesn’t support all types of video files. You can go to this post to see which video formats are supported in Media Player: File types supported by Windows Media Player.

When you want to play an MKV video in Windows 10, you may discover that Windows Media Player won’t play MKV. As per the list of Windows Media Player file types, MKV is not included.

MKV not playing in Windows 10 is not an absolute event. If you have downloaded and installed the MKV codec for your Windows Media Player, you will be able to play MKV files using this Microsoft media player.

Using the MKV codec is not the unique method to fix the issue of MKV not playing in Windows 10. You can also use other methods to play MKV files on your Windows 10 computer. In this post, we will show you what you can do to solve the issue.

What to Do If MKV Not Playing in Windows 10?
Convert MKV to a Windows Media Player supported format
Use a different media player
Play MKV files using a web browser
Modify your Registry keys
Install the MKV codec in Windows Media Player
Upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version

[FIXED!] Windows Media Player Not Playing Video Only Sound 1 year 13 weeks ago

Windows Media Player is a Windows snap-in media playing tool. It is usually the default media player on your Windows computer if you haven’t set another tool as the default one. Some Windows Media Player report that their Windows Media Player not playing video only sound.

Sometimes, the issue comes with some error codes like:

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec is not installed on your computer.

OR

Windows Media Player cannot play, burn, rip, or sync the file because a required audio codec is not installed on your computer.

OR

A codec is required to play this file. To determine if this codec is available to download from the Web, click Web Help.

OR

Invalid File Format.

This issue is always related to the codec. You can use the methods introduced in this post to solve it. Let’s go.

How to Fix Windows Media Player Not Showing Video?
Update your Windows Media Player
Enable Now Playing window
Reinstall Windows Media Player
Use an alternative
Convert the video format

Tips On How To Fix Windows Media Player Won't Play DVD 1 year 32 weeks ago

Windows Media Player is used widely by Microsoft Windows users throughout the world to play audio and video files in common formats. However, many people are disappointed to find out that Windows Media Player won't play DVD on their PCs. The good news is that MiniTool offers you a few options to solve this problem yourself.

Top 4 MOV Players: How to Play MOV Files on Windows 2 years 21 weeks ago

What should you do if you can’t play MOV files? Don’t worry. MOV player can help you. Here are the top 4 free MOV file players you can try.
What should you do if you can’t play MOV files? Don’t worry. MOV player can help you. Here are the top 4 free MOV file players you can try.
3 Steps to Play MOV Files
Download and install this free MOV player on PC. Next, launch it and close the templates window to enter into the main interface.
Import your MOV file by clicking the Import Media Files button. Drag and drop this file to the timeline.
Click the Play button in the preview window to enjoy your movies.

Number 2. Windows Media Player Play MOV File
Windows Media player (WMP) is the default player for Windows and it can play AVI, MP4, MPG, WMV and other movie files.

However, if you want to play MOV file in this video player, you need to download the latest version of Windows Media Player and install the 3ivx code that allows you to play your MOV file in WMP. Otherwise, you cannot play MOV files.

How to Play MOV Files in Windows Media Player?
Download and install Windows Media Player.
Download and install the 3ivx codec software.
Restart your PC.
Right-click the MOV file you want to play.
Select Open-with.
Choose Windows Media Player.

Number 3. VLC Media Player Play MOV File
VLC media player is a free and open-source media player that supports a variety of different video & audio file formats. It is another great MOV player for Windows, Mac and Linux. With this video player, you can easily play MOV file to fix the cannot play MOV files issue.

In general, VLC can play almost any media file format, and it can even convert file format without quality loss. Follow the steps below to play MOV files with an open-source MOV player.

How to Play MOV File in VLC
Step 1. Download and install VLC media player.

Step 2. Open this open-source MOV player.

Step 3. Click Media, choose Open File... to select the MOV file you want to play.

How To Fix Windows Media Player Cannot Play The File: 12 Ways 1 year 34 weeks ago

Windows Media Player is an easy-to-use multimedia file player that’s included in every Windows system. Users are used to playing videos and audios through Windows Media Player. However, problems may occur while you try to play multimedia files. Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file is one of the popular errors. How to fix the problem yourself?

Top 16 Flac Players for Windows/Mac/Android/iOS 2 years 3 weeks ago

Flac is an open-source and lossless audio format. And it can be played with most audio players. Here comes a collection of Flac players for different operating systems and the way to add Flac music to video with MiniTool MovieMaker.
How to open Flac files? The following is a list of the top 16 Flac players for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
Does Windows Media Player fails to play Flac files? For those who are searching for a Flac player for Windows, 5 best free Flac players are listed below.

#1. KMPlayer

KMPlayer is the best audio player for Windows 10 supporting Flac and other audio files playback. It’s capable of normalizing audio and syncing audio. It also has the ability to play movies, 3D videos and external subtitles. Equipped with high quality Video Renderer, this Flac player can play ultra-high quality videos with zero quality loss, such as 4K, 8K, UHD and 60FPS.