“I have few .m4v videos and the media player installed on my system will not play those M4V file formats. The file seems to start playing, but there is no audio or video output. Is there any reason for this and how to play M4V files on my computer?”
M4V is a video file format developed by Apple Inc. to encode files on its devices and platforms like iTunes. M4V file format is similar to MP4 but, M4V videos are DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected.
Typically, DRM encoded M4V files can be opened only on iTunes and QuickTime. If you are able to play M4V on Windows or on Mac OS X without iTunes/QuickTime player, then your M4V files are not DRM protected.
In case, your M4V file does not play on any other media player including QuickTime/iTunes then, it looks like the file is corrupted or damaged.
In such instances, try to download M4V video file again or check you have any backup. Try playing the re-downloaded M4V file using the QuickTime or iTunes player then, give a try for other third-party media players. In case, M4V file won’t play on any media player then try below steps.
There are various ways to play or open M4V video files, the below mentioned are some of the common ways to open and play M4V files:
Before moving ahead with solutions let us first understand the common scenarios for the corrupt or unplayable M4V files in the below section
If you have gone across any pf the above mentioned sequences, by following the below-listed methods you can effortlessly repair the corrupt M4V file
As mentioned earlier, M4V file format is the natively made for the Apple environment. The chances of M4V not playing on your Windows computer is quite common. You can simply fix this by trying to play the video file on VLC or any other media player.
If you are not able play video on VLC player or Windows Media Player then move on to the next method.
Convert your M4V video to MP4, AVI, MOV, MP3, or any other video file formats and then play.
H.264 is a video compression standard that converts the video into a format that requires less space when required transmission or storage. M4V file uses H.264 for video compression. Hence we recommend you to download the latest H.264 compression codec online to fix the unplayable M4V file
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