It plays almost everything and also works great for previewing partially downloaded files. It has its own plugins for playing different movie formats, so it doesn't need any codecs to be installed. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.eħ/8.x/10/11 Type: Has ability to set 64-bit WMP as default.Various tweaks for disabling MS codecs on Windows 7/8/10/11.Adjust preferred decoders on Windows 7/8/10/11.Manage preferred source filters (a.k.a.Enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters (if they are installed).Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs and DirectShow filters.Scan the registry to detect and remove broken references to codecs and filters.You won't need MediaInfo often, but when you do it'll come in very handy.This is a stand-alone version of the tool that is included in the K-Lite Codec Pack. And wide support for video and audio formats means it'll work with just about any file type - MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB), OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF and more. (There's even a 'go to the web site of this video codec' button, so it's only a single click away.)Īs a bonus, MediaInfo also displays file tags: album and track name, performer, composer, publisher, whatever it might contain. And if it's just using a codec that you don't have installed, then you can quickly grab the latest version, and hopefully fix your playback problems right away. If the file is broken - a missing video stream, say - then you'll see that immediately, and won't have to waste time tweaking your own system. Just open your audio or video file in MediaInfo, and you'll see lots of technical information about it: video and audio stream type, codec, aspect ratio, frames per second, sample rate and more. How about installing a new codec pack? Troubleshooting media problems is tricky, and you could spend hours trying to figure out the problem. Maybe using another media player would help. You could try downloading the file again, just in case it was corrupted.

So it's particularly frustrating that it won't play. It's taken a very long time, but you've finally found and downloaded that audio or video file you've been looking for.

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