Commons:Mediehilf/Windows

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Help pages for playing media files on Commons

To play sound and video files on a Windows computer

Browser support

The latest versions of all major browsers are able to play sound files and videos without any additional codecs or software.

Microsoft Edge

Playback of audio and video is supported on Edge version 18 or later

Internet Explorer

Playback of video on Internet Explorer is not supported.

Windows Phone

Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 Mobile or any earlier Windows Operating systems targeting mobile are not supported.

Downloading files

To play downloaded files outside a web browser, you will need to install playback software. By default you can use the Windows Media Player, but you need extra codecs (see below). You can also use one of the free media players supporting these files, e.g., VLC media player.

Codecs

Now you have to download a necessary extension (codec), so that your media player will be able to play sound and video files with the Ogg Vorbis file type (sound files) and with the Ogg Theora file type (video files).

Load this web page and click on the download link next to Windows 32/64-bit Installer.
After you download it to your hard disk, open the file and follow the installation guide.

Do you have further questions, or did you encounter problems?

Ask in this Talk Page.

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