How to Play WebM in Windows Media Player?
Method 1: Convert WebM to WMV; Method 2: Install WebM codec
If you always watch online videos and have a little knowledge of online video formats you must know WebM format. Yes. WebM format is very popular to be used for online video distribution and it has many advantages when distributing videos online. For example, WebM video is open source and free to use for anyone; Many popular online video sharing websites, like YouTube, Facebook, etc, well support WebM as one of the import format; WebM format often gives high video quality. But the main problem is that WebM format is not played by or in many devices and players although it has all the above advantages and one of the most reported playback problem is that WebM format file is not played in Windows Media Player. So here I will share two popular methods to enable you to play your WebM file in Windows Media Player.
Method One: Convert WebM to Windows Media Player WMV
Among all the available methods, converting WebM to Windows Media Player WMV is the safest and easiest one. If you have not got a video converter installed on your Windows or Mac or your ever used video converter can not satisfy you in any way. Avdshare Video Converter comes to help. Some key features of Avdshare Video Converter are listed as below.
- Has no quality loss when converting WebM to Windows Media Player WMV.
- Support 180+ video and audio format conversions.
- HD, 4K videos and 8K videos are supported as import file or export file.
- 90X faster conversion speed is supported to convert WebM file or other video format files.
- No ad, no virus video conversion work is well supported.
Guide on Converting WebM to Windows Media Player WMV
You can follow the guide below to convert your WebM file to Windows Media Player WMV.
Make Preparation: Free download WebM to Windows Media Player Converter
Free download the WebM to Windows Media Player Converter- Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and launch it, then the following interface will pop up.
Step 1 Load WMV file
Directly drag and drop your WebM file to this converter. Or you can click the Add File button to import your WebM file to this converter.
Step 2 Export WMV as the output format
To set Windows Media Player best supported WMV as the output format, you only need to click the "Profile" button>"General Video" category.
Step 3 Start and finish the conversion from WebM to Windows Media Player WMV
At last, you can click the Convert button to finish your WebM file to Windows Media Player WMV conversion.
Method Two: Install WebM codec
If you can not open WebM file with Windows Media Player on your Windows the reason is that the codec supporting to play WebM is missing and if we can install the needed codec on your Windows your Windows Media Player will have no problem in opening WebM.
Many users will choose to install Media Player Codec Pack to their Windows computers to help playing WebM files.
Download Media Player Codec Pack from its official website. Click 'Easy Installation' to make sure what is needed is installed on your Windows. Click 'Next' button to go to next step and keep clicking 'Next' button until the needed codec is finished installation. When the installation is completed, you can re-launch your Windows Media Player to play your WebM file.