You need a codec pack for Windows Media Player. CCCP(Combined Community Codec Pack). It one of the most popular codec packs, which can support almost all video/audio files, be it common formats or uncommon ones. With it, you can also play MKV animations in Windows Media Player without any difficulties.
You can check on this to download a codec pack for your player:
What is Codec Pack and is it Necessary for Windows Media Player?
Posted on Mar 18, 2020
Windows media does not support all extensions. Below are the examples. if you have the right format and still you are not able to play then best option is to upgrade or reinstall media player.
Windows Media Player 6.0
loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');
Windows Media Player 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 7, 7.1, Windows Media Player for Windows XP, and Windows Media Player 9 Series
loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');
File name extensions: .asf, .asx, .avi, .wav, .wma, .wax, .wm, .wmv, .wvx
File name extensions: .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm
File name extensions: .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
Note MPEG 2 requires third-party software or hardware decoders.
File name extensions: .mid, .rmi
File name extensions: .mov
File name extensions: .aif, .aifc, .aiff
File name extensions: .ivf
File name extensions: .au, .snd
File name extensions: .asf, .asx, .avi, .wav, .wax, .wma, .wm
File name extension: .avi
File name extensions: m3u, mp2v, .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mp3, .m3u, .mpa, .mpe, mpv2
Note MPEG 2 requires third-party software or hardware decoders.
File name extension: .vob
Note DVD playback requires third-party software or hardware decoders and is supported only in Windows XP.
File name extensions: .mid, midi, .rmi
File name extensions: .aif, .aifc, .aiff
File name extensions: .au, .snd
File name extensions: .ivf
Note Intel Video File support requires the Intel Video 5.x codec.
File name extensions: .wmz, .wms
File name extensions: .avi, .mov, .qt
Note Windows Media Player can play back older forms of the QuickTime format only. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992/EN-US/ ) Windows Media Player Multimedia File Formats
File name extensions: .au, .snd
File name extension: .swf
Posted on Dec 11, 2010
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