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Old 06-30-2009   #1 (permalink)
Martin Racette
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MP4

Can somebody tell me what is a MP4

And why in Vista 64, it appears to be link to Quicktime, even though I never
had Quicktime installed on my computer

And finally, how do I open these files

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Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin


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Old 06-30-2009   #2 (permalink)
John Inzer
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Re: MP4

Martin Racette wrote:
Quote:

> Can somebody tell me what is a MP4
>
> And why in Vista 64, it appears to be link to Quicktime, even though
> I never had Quicktime installed on my computer
>
> And finally, how do I open these files
====================================
Try the following links:

What Exactly Is MP4?
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Exact...MP4?&id=624208

The free VLC Media Player can play .mp4 files.

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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Old 06-30-2009   #3 (permalink)
Master


Join Date: Jan 2009
VISTA home prem 32bit SP2 --- XP Pro SP3 32bit
 
 

Re: MP4

Hi,
Use the attached file. media player classic.
It plays anything


no install required!!!!
Attached Files
File Type: exe mplayerc 072808.exe (4.18 MB, 278 views)

Last edited by pacinitaly; 06-30-2009 at 10:43 AM.. Reason: update use of file
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Old 06-30-2009   #4 (permalink)
Martin Racette
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Re: MP4

Is there a way to play them without installing anything, I mean I already
have Windows Media Player, could there just be a codec for it

"John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ehEM%23kY%23JHA.5040@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Martin Racette wrote:
Quote:

>> Can somebody tell me what is a MP4
>>
>> And why in Vista 64, it appears to be link to Quicktime, even though
>> I never had Quicktime installed on my computer
>>
>> And finally, how do I open these files
> ====================================
> Try the following links:
>
> What Exactly Is MP4?
> http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Exact...MP4?&id=624208
>
> The free VLC Media Player can play .mp4 files.
>
> VLC Media Player
> http://www.videolan.org/
>
> --
>
> J. Inzer MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-30-2009   #5 (permalink)
Mark Blain
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Re: MP4

"Martin Racette" <rat7_2001@xxxxxx> wrote in
news:7D3FA25B-E052-4E3C-81C2-DC91DF05E94D@xxxxxx:
Quote:

> Is there a way to play them without installing anything, I mean I
> already have Windows Media Player, could there just be a codec for it
Wouldn't installing a codec be installing something?

The official answer from Microsoft is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992

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Old 07-01-2009   #6 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Re: MP4

read my post again ( no install required ! )
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Old 07-01-2009   #7 (permalink)
Martin Racette
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Re: MP4

But when I click on them they just want to open Quicltime, which is not
installed on my system, and they will not play, and I can not make them open
in Windows Media Player

I previous version it was possible, from within Windows Media Player, to
change which file(s) were open in the Windows Media Player, but I can not
find this in the one included my Vista

"pacinitaly" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> read my post again ( no install required ! )
>
>
> --
> pacinitaly
>
> SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt
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Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

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