Hi all. I have downloaded some .m4v movie files (mpeg-4) but I can't play them on any of my existing players including Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime and VLC. Anyone know what I can use to play these files? Thanks.

this is a codec problem.it doesnt matter what media player u use if the coedc isnt present to decode the file extension then the movie or file extension will not work. http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm go to this link there are various mirrors you can choose to download the required codec.download install enjoy.

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