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Old December 6th, 2019, 06:49 AM
WaltR WaltR is offline
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Re: MP4 Video files don\\\'t play on external display

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Originally Posted by datkinson82 View Post
I just setup a new laptop, installed the latest nvidia drivers, all windows updates, and the latest recommended video codecs, when I play any video files the audio will play fine but no video plays, if i drag the screen to my laptop screen and not external display they seem to play fine. I can play the same files from the same location fine on external displays in media player classic, vlc or windows media player with no issues.
You may want to try to go into the codecs setup and make sure all the videos types are selected. I don\'t think the default selects MP4. I have to do this once in a while when they update the codecs.
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