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Playing mpeg files in Windows 10

Anonymous
2016-02-09T21:27:19+00:00

I have a new computer with Windows 10 and am unable to play home videos in mpeg format.  They will not play in Media Player or the Movies & TV player.  I have checked all updates with Microsoft and nothing seems to work.  Do I just need to buy an app to play them?  Thanks for your help.

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-12T06:27:54+00:00

    ME,

    Before you buy anything, check out VLC.  Runs well on Windows 10, plays pretty much anything, and free.  Plus, downloading this is a lot easier than hunting around for the right codec packs for WMP or Movies & TV.  For what you're doing, I'd skip the Windows Store version and get it from here:

    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    Hope that works for you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-13T14:09:33+00:00

    I was trying to open an mpeg video that didn't work with windows media player, but with the VLC player, it works very well.

    Thanks RDrewD2 for your advice.

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