Windows Media Player won't play .flv files

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  1. Posts : 53
    Windows 10
       #1

    Windows Media Player won't play .flv files


    OK, so once again, Windows Media Player will not play certain filetypes, specifically .flv files, despite the fact that it recently would play them.

    I have the k-lite codec pack

    Any solution other than "Uninstall Windows 10" that anyone can tell me?
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  2. Posts : 15,441
    Windows10
       #2

    Homer Simpson said:
    OK, so once again, Windows Media Player will not play certain filetypes, specifically .flv files, despite the fact that it recently would play them.

    I have the k-lite codec pack

    Any solution other than "Uninstall Windows 10" that anyone can tell me?

    Use VLC or one of a zillion other packages instead.
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  3. Posts : 53
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yes, I've used VLC but for some reason it often gave a hissing sound, which is why I switched to WMP. And WMP worked fine on Win7.

    Well strangely enough WMP is now working for flv files. I didn't do anything other than wait a few minutes. Exact same files now work.

    I get told off if I insult the programmers who wrote Win10, but seriously? Why? It's like it's a deliberate joke sometimes.

    So no, this issue isn't "solved". Please stop marking issues as solved when they're not. When we know why WMP does this and install a solution, then it's solved. The fact that it's working at this second but may stop working again more or less randomly... not solved
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  4. Posts : 53
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hahaha, and now it's not working again. The EXACT SAME FILE in the EXACT SAME DIRECTORY that I played 10 minutes ago now won't work.

    I didn't open and close the player or the directory. Nothing, except wait a few minutes.

    I'm sick of being polite about this turd of an OS and the incompetents that programmed it

    So issue is not solved
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  5. Posts : 2,297
    Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
       #5

    I don't have a fix for you but I share your disdain for Windows Media Player. MS brutally ripped out the DVD codec sometime after Windows 7 (I skipped over 8 and 8.1 toytown Windows versions so maybe they were missing from that) and it had horrible side effect of removing the ability to playback MPEG files in media player (so all my video camera saved files over last few years no longer playable or producing a thumbnail). I have achieved workarounds but I share your pain. One shouldn't have to resort to downloading risky codec packs to make a popular and common video format work

    I suspect your file format has fallen victim to the same.
    Last edited by Scottyboy99; 07 Mar 2016 at 09:48.
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  6. Posts : 15,441
    Windows10
       #6

    Homer Simpson said:
    Yes, I've used VLC but for some reason it often gave a hissing sound, which is why I switched to WMP. And WMP worked fine on Win7.

    Well strangely enough WMP is now working for flv files. I didn't do anything other than wait a few minutes. Exact same files now work.

    I get told off if I insult the programmers who wrote Win10, but seriously? Why? It's like it's a deliberate joke sometimes.

    So no, this issue isn't "solved". Please stop marking issues as solved when they're not. When we know why WMP does this and install a solution, then it's solved. The fact that it's working at this second but may stop working again more or less randomly... not solved
    Simple reality is MS are no longer developing WMP.

    You might as well shout at the Moon for all the good whinging about is is going to do.
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  7. Posts : 13,896
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #7

    I use the Ant.com add-in toolbar for downloading .flv videos, usually from YouTube, and it has a built-in video player on the toolbar. I'm seeing other formats more frequently, .mp4 and .mkv, sometimes have to use VLC to play them.
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  8. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #8

    Hi there

    I'm surprised VLC has a "Hissing sound" -- have you set the audio controls properly in VLC.
    Another solution is simply to convert the codec to one you want. WMP as others have said is "Deprecated Software" -- Ms aren't doing any developement on it so choose something else. Sticking with WMV format is bad news -- or is any proprietary format as you are stuck when it's no longer supported.

    To anybody who still has WMV files - convert them (losslessly) to WAV and then you can compress LOSSLESSLY to FLAC which is my preferred format - especially as I don't like "Lossy" music -- I won't even have MP3 stuff near my computer unless it's decently recorded at 320 kb/s -- anything else is just Cacophony --I might just as well listen to big Road drills or Oil rigs working !!.

    FLV format should work just fine -- ensure you've got the latest version of VLC downloaded, enable the effects (audio) and adjust to your taste.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  9. Posts : 5,452
    windows 10 Pro ver 21H2 build 19044.1348
       #9

    Homer Simpson said:



    So no, this issue isn't "solved". Please stop marking issues as solved when they're not.
    Not to worry.
    ONLY you, the original poster, and the Admin/Mods have the privilege to mark your thread as Solved.
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  10. Posts : 2,834
    Windows 11 Home (x64) Version 21H1 (build 19043.1202)
       #10

    Berton said:
    I use the Ant.com add-in toolbar for downloading .flv videos, usually from YouTube, and it has a built-in video player on the toolbar. I'm seeing other formats more frequently, .mp4 and .mkv, sometimes have to use VLC to play them.
    I use Free YouTube Downloader once downloaded just click on the video you want
    That plays my videos ok in WMP, Toshiba Media Player or Cyberlink PowerDVD Player
    For all other Videos I find on line I want to play Cyberlink PowerDVD Player takes care of all that
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