J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Average Person
writes:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:34:34 -0800, Aguy wrote:

Windows XP Home
Want to play .mp4 videos.
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VLC is a bloated piece of crap. Windows Media Player cant play MP4
files.

I disagree. It may be bloated, I don't know, but it's my default (for
video; IrfanView for images, WinAmp for audio [though VLC OK there too,
and Irfan can play most audio too]).

Download the FREE program called "Media Player Classic". MPC is
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The file you download will be named something like this:
MPC-HC.1.7.5.x86.exe
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I dont know if this works on Windows 7, 8 or 10, since I dont have them.
But it works great on XP and Win98. I have used it for many years...

I have MPC 1.7.10.252, which runs fine on Windows 7-32. I do use it very
occasionally.

They're both good. It's probably best to have both. One advantage of VLC
is it has the codecs built in, IIRC. For MPC, you may need to add something
like the K-Lite Codec Pack to be able to play some videos, like perhaps some
mp4s.