Codecs, and Windows Media Player: how to find and add them

Someone made a recording of file wmv to a desktop session remotely and he sent me.

I can play on a 64-bit Windows vista computer, but I can't play on my Win 7 Ultimate computers.

Windows 7 computers are complaining that I'm not "have the right codecs installed.  I do not know which codecs must be installed or where to get them, and I spent several hours looking in vain for codecs that can be installed on Windows 7 computers.  None of the codecs that I managed to install have no good.

The guy who sent me the .wmv file told me that it is a Mpeg4 codec.

What can I do to get the wmv file to play on my machines win 7?

Thank you, Marc

I'm trying to develop an add-in for Outlook that will allow people to high level, who have ADHD

Hello, Marc

There is no absolute way to identify what codec that uses a media file, but here are your best options:

  • Read the file in Media Player. When the file is playing, right-click the file in the library, and then click Properties. On the file tab, refer to the section of video codec .
  • Use a non-Microsoft codec identification tool. Many are available on the Internet.

Once you have located the FourCC code, looking for should identify exactly what it is and (hopefully) be able to download and install.

David
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