#Windows media video player for mac install#
#Windows media video player for mac drivers#

Without knowing more about how the DVD was created, including what program was used to rip the DVD itself, it's hard to provide much in terms of specifics. Similarly, the only reason your friend can view the videos on her computer is because she playing the DVD through the program that was used to create the videos for you. If you're videographer friend can play the files successfully on her computer, and you cannot, then chances are the DVD only contains files that allow for DVD player playback. But that's not always the case with non-commercially produced DVDs, which tend to house only files for DVD player-based playback. Having said that, it should be stated that commercially made DVDs usually have two sets of files written on them, one that allows for computer-based playback and one that allows for DVD player-based playback. To use VLC Player, right-click over the file you want to play and from the menu that appears, select 'Open With' and then 'VLC Player.' That will launch the file in the player. It can be downloaded and installed for from the following URL:

#Windows media video player for mac install#

Once installed, you should be able to click on the MOV files and they should play for you in QuickTime Player.Ī second option is to install VLC Player, which is a free media player that can play almost any video format on it. To install QuickTime, please visit this URL and download it from there (it's free): In the case of MOV files, that would most likely be Apple's QuickTime Player, which is the program that commonly plays these file types. Any ideas what to do?Ī: In most cases, if you find yourself unable to open a particular file type on a PC, it's because you do not have the program that runs that type of file installed on your computer.

I should note that the photographer/videographer is able to open the MOV files from the same DVD on her Windows 10 computer without issue.

#Windows media video player for mac drivers#

I recently ran Windows Update and it told me all drivers are up to date on my computer. We've tried opening the video files with Windows Movies and TV, as well as Windows Media Player, but they will not play the MOV files.

I have a PC and my wife has a laptop, both with Windows 10. The JPEG images are fine, but we can't play the MOV videos, and for some reason I can't even copy the MOV files from the DVD onto our computers. Q: A friend of ours photographed and videoed our wedding ceremony several weeks ago and gave us a DVD with JPG and MOV files on it.